A SECRET HISTORY OF THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION IN IRELAND,

BY

COLONEL CHARLES O'KELLY,

OF SKRYNE, OR AUGHRANE, NOW CASTLE KELLY, COUNTY GALWAY.

EDITED,

FROM FOUR ENGLISH COPIES, AND A LATIN MS. IN THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY,

WITH NOTES, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS DESCENDANTS,

THIS COPY WAS PRINTED FOR

RICHARD GRIFFITH, ESQ., LL. D.

MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY.

THE TAYLORS

UNIVERSITY

7 MAR. 1940
OF OXFORD

DUBLIN

PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS,

BY M. H. GILL.

FOUNDED MDCCCXL.

Patron:

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT.

President:

HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF LEINSTER.

Vice-Presidents:

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF KILDARE, M.P., M.R. I. A.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF LEITRIM, M. R.I.A.

THE RIGHT HON. THE VISCOUNT ADARE, M. P., M.R.I.A.

Council:

Elected December 21, 1849.

REV. SAMUEL BUTCHER, D.D., M. R.I.A.
REV. CHARLES GRAVES, A. M., M.R.I.A.
JAMES HARDIMAN, ESQ., M. R. I.A.

WILLIAM ELLIOT HUDSON, Esq., M. R. I. A.

CAPTAIN T. A. LARCOM, R. E., V.P.R.I.A.

CHARLES MAC DONNELL, ESQ., M.R.I.A.

GEORGE PETRIE, ESQ., LL.D., R. H.A., V. P. R.I.A.

REV. WILLIAM REEVES, D.D., M. B., M. R. I. A.

VERY REV. DR. RENEHAN, President of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. AQUILLA SMITH, ESQ., M. D., M.R.I.A., Treasurer.

J. HUBAND SMITH, ESQ., A. M., M.R.I.A.

REV. J. H. TODD, D.D., M.R.I.A., Secretary.

18,

26,

42,

46,

8, 13, for Asinio, read Asimo.

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.

Page 3, line 2, parallel with Syrian Language, read in margin French.
11, parallel with the Viceroy, read in margin Earl of Tyrconnell.
14, parallel with Cilician by birth, read in margin Englishman.
15, for France in margin, read French.

174,

26, for Caslebarin, read Caslebar (a French error for Castlebar) in.

17, for Col. Art Maguire in margin, read Col. Art Mac Mahon.

6, for one of whom was President, read three of whom were Presidents.

1, for héretier, read héritier.

5, for au Loix, read aux Loix.

3, for des grands débats, read de grands débats.

8, for meux, read mieux.

17, for toute ce Royaume, read tout ce Royaume.

33, at viarum obsessio; audiebantur passim, a comma after obsessio, and after passim a semicolon. 12, for le masse, read la masse.

20, after premièrement, a comma.

32, for metelassée, read matelassée.

34, 35, after profaned, a comma, and after religion, a semicolon.

5, for venerabilibus fratribusc. read venerabilibus fratribus Christiano.

28, for NOTE 85, Page 53, read NOTE 85, Page 33.

1, for NOTE 112, Page 49, read NOTE 112, Page 40.