Ireland - History - 17th century
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The history of the kingdom of Ireland Being an account of all the battles, sieges, and other considerable transactions, both civil and military, during the late wars there, till the entire reduction of that country by the victorious arms of Our Late Most Gracious Sovereign King William. To which is prefixed, a brief relation of the antient inhabitants, and first conqoest of that nation by King Henry II. and of all the remarkable passages in the reign of every king to this time; particularly the Horrid Rebellion and Massacre in 1641: with the popish and arbitrary designs that were carried on there in the former reigns. The twelfth edition, enlarged. By R.B.
Nathaniel CrouchDate: 1746- E-books
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Memoirs of the life of his Grace, James, late Duke of Ormond , Formerly Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of Great Britain. Extracted from his own private memoirs, lately printed at the Hague in French; and now first translated into English.
Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1665-1745.Date: MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]- E-books
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An historical and critical review of the civil wars in Ireland, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth, to the settlement under King William . With the state of the Irish Catholics. From that settlement to the relaxation of the popery laws, in the year 1778. Extracted from Parliamentary records, state acts, and other authentic materials. By John Curry, M.D. Two volumes.
Curry, John, d. 1780.Date: 1793- E-books
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The history, life and death of that most learned and pious divine Bishop Usher . With his wonderful prophecies and predictions; wherein he foretold of many persecutions and troubles that should befall the Protestants; some he Liv'd to see, others happen'd since his Death, and the rest are to come. To which is added, a large collection of the many persecutions of the poor Protestants in Ireland, which he fore-told in a Sermon that he Preach'd at Dublin, Forty Years before the Popish Rebellion. Together with the Prayer which this Learned Bishop us'd against Persecution, Morning, Noon and Night: Very necessary to be us'd in all Protestant Families throughout Europe.
Date: 1712- E-books
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Memoirs of the Right Honourable the Marquis of Clanricarde , Lord Deputy General of Ireland. Containing several original papers and Letters of King Charles II, Queen Mother, the Duke of York, the Duke of Lorrain, the Marquis of Ormond, Archbishop of Tuam, Lord Viscount Taaffe, &c. relating to the treaty between the Duke of Lorrain and the Irish Commissioners, from February 1650, to August 1653. Publish'd from his Lordship's original Mss. To which is Prefix'd, A Dissertation, wherein some Passages of these Memoirs are illustrated. With a Digression containing several curious Observations concerning the Antiquities of Ireland.
Clanricarde, Ulick de Burgh, Earl of, 1604-1657.Date: MDCCXXII. [1722]