A Collection of some of the Massacres and Murthers committed on the Irish in Ireland, since the 23 of October 1641.
County of Antrim.
ABout the beginning of November, the English 1641. and Scots forces in Cnockfergus and murthered in one night, all the Inhabitants of the territory of Island Mr. Gee to the number of above 3000 men women and children, all innocent persons, in a time when none of the Catholikes of that County were in Armes or Rebellion. Note that this was the first Massacre committed in Ireland of either side.
1641. Mr. Mae Naghten having built a small fortress in the said County to preserve himself and his followers from outrages, until he had understood what the cause of the then rebellion was. As soon as Col. Campbel came neer with part of the Army, he sent to let him know that he would come to him with his party, which he did, and they were next day murthered to the number of 80. by Sir Iohn Clothworthy now Lord Masserin his Souldiers.
About the same time 100 poor women and children were murthered in one night, at a place called Balliaghiun by direction of the English and Scots Officers commanding in that County.
County of Derry.
1641. Some 300 men women and children of the Irish, having freely come under the protection of the Garrison of London Derry, were stript plundred and killed by the said Garrison.
1644. Mr. Morris, Mc. Daniel Natural son to the late Earle of Antrins, was hanged at Coolrane by the Governours orders, notwithstanding he had Col. Michael Iones his pass.
County of Down.
1641. The Burgesses and Inhabitants of the town of Newry, meeting the English Army on their march to besiedge the Castle of the said Town, were received into protection, and after quarter given to the Garrison of the said Castle, the said Inhabitants and the Souldiers of the said Garrison, to the number of 500 and upwards, men, women and children were brought on the Bridge of the Newry and thrown into the River, and such of them as indeavoured to escape by swimming were murthered
County of Donegal.
1641. About the 20 of Nov. Sir William Steward commanded the Gentry and Inhabitants of that County to joyn with his Forces in opposition to the Rebels, and accordingly they came to the place appointed where Captain Cunningham with a party of the said Sir Williams Regiment, under pretence of incorporating with them, fell upon the Inhabitants with his armed Souldiers, and killed very many of them, among whom were Owen Mc Sherney Morris O Farey and Donnagh O Callan, Gentlemen of quality and Estates.
About the same time Cap. Flemming and other Officers of the said Regiment, commanding a party, smothered to death 220. women and children in two Caves.
[Page 3] About the same time the aforesaid Captain Cunnigham murthered about 63 women and children in the Isles of Rosse.
1641. The Governour of Letter Kenney, gathered together on a Sunday morning 53 poor people, most of them women and children, and caused them to be throwne off the Bridge into the River and drowned them all.
1641. In November, one Reading murthered the wife and three children of Shane O Morhghy in a place called Ballikenny of Ramalton, and after her death cut off her breasts with his sword.
1641. 1642. The Garrisons of Rapho, Drombo, Lifford, and Castle-raghen slaughtered no less then 1500 of the poor neighbouring Inhabitants, never in Arms, and three persons were chiefly noted among them for their barbarous cruelty, by name Iames Graham, Henry Dugan, and Robert Cunnigham, commonly called the killer of old women.
1641. 1642. About 2000 poor Labourers, women and children of the Barreny of Terhu were massacred by the Garrisons of Bellashanny and Donegal and Lieutenant Thomas Poe, an Officer among them, coming under colour of friendship to visit a neighbour that lay sick in his bed and to whom he owed money) carried a naked Dagger under his Cloak which (whilst he seemed to bow towards the sick man in a friendly manner asking how he did) he thrust it into his body, and told his wife, her husband should be no longer sick, and so killed him.
1650. In the month of Iune about 3000 Horse and Foot of his Majesties Army, being defeated near Letter Kenny, by the English Rebels adhering to Cromwel most of the principal Officers of the said party taken Prisoners, in the Battail were killed in cold blood, by order of Sir Charles Coot late Lord of Montrath, notwithstanding they had quarter from the Officers who took them Prisoners.
County of Monagham.
1641. Captain Townsley Governour of Magherneckle, killed four Labourers and a woman being under protection.
[Page 4] Captain Bromwel Governour of Clunes meeting upon the road with Mr. Charles O Connelly, a Gentleman living under his Protection, caused him to be shot to death.
1641. The Souldiers of the Garrisons of Dundalk and Trim, killed no less then 500 poor innocent persons, women and children in that County.
1641. 1642. The Armies of Montroe and the Legan in their several marches through that Country, slaughtered about 2000 poor old men women and children.
1652. Col. Barrow of Cromwels Army having taken an Island defended by Lieutenant Col. Patrick, Mr. Mahon for his Majesty after killing the said Lieutenant Col. and his Souldiers, put all the women and children to the sword, to the number of 80. among whom a little pretty child of 6 years old, being spared by the Souldiers, was killed by order of the said Col. Barrow.
County of Cavan.
1641. Mr. Dela Pool an English Gentleman having taken Lands in that County some years before the warr, invited several of his friends to come out of England and sive with him, who were all murthered in their Houses by the Army (only the said Dela Pool who was brought into the Town of Cavan and there hanged) for no other reason, but their being Roman Catholiques, and living among the Irish.
1641. Sir Alexander Gorden and his Lady being Scotch, but Roman Catholiques, each of them above 70 years old were plundred of their goods and stript naked. And all their Tennants, Servants, and all their Sons murthered.
In the same year the English forces in this County drowned 600 men, women, and children, in and about Butlers-Bridge, no murthers having been committed on any Protestants there although in the Pamphlet lately printed, several murthers are said to be committed in that place.
County of Mayo.
In this County few murthers were committed by either side, though the Lible saith that about 250 Protestants were murthered whereof at Bellicke 220, whereas not one person was muthered there, which the now Lady of Montrath can witness, her Ladyship, Sir Robert Hanna her father, with many others being retreated thither for security, were all conveyed safe to Mannor Hamilton, and it is observable that the said Lady and the rest came to Mr. Owen O Rorrkes who kept a Garrison at Drumahier for the Irish, before they came to Mannor Hamilton whose brother was prisoner with Sir Frederick Hamilton, and the said Mr Rorrk having so many persons of quality in his hand, sent to Sir Frederick to enlarge his brother, and that he would convey them all safe to him, Sir Frederick insteed of an enlarging the brother, hanged him the next day after be received the message, which might have well provoked the Gentleman to a revenge, if he had not more humanity, then could be well expected upon such an occasion, and in times of so great confusion yet he sent them all safe where they desired.
There was a murder committed neer the Moyn on 27 Protestants which was all (and that too many) that was committed in that County, Buchanan said to be buried alive, was killed in a private quarrel, and he cut off his adversaries hand before himself was killed.
County of Galway and Province of Connaght.
Anno 1642. Seirjeant Redmond Burk of the Lord of Clanmorris his Foot Company and two more, were hanged by the then Governour of the fort of Gallway, the said Lord being then of his Majesties Army, for which action no reparation being given to his Lordship, he pretended it to be the occasion of his Revolt from the Lord Marquess of Clanriccard.
Anno 1642. A party of the Garrison of the said Fort, murthered six people in Rinveel, amongst whom one Geffery Fitz [Page 6] Thibot, aged about 70 years and in a burning Feavour, with his wife who was as old, were murthered in their beds, which action provoked many of the neighbours to stand on their guard against the said Fort.
Anno. 52. Redmond Burke a Col. in his Majesties Army had quarter given him by some of Col. Coots men he being taken in a skirmish between Col. Grace and some of Cromwels party, and being prisoner for some time, Col. Henry Ingelsby caused his head to be cut off.
Anno 52. 53. It was an usual practise with Col. Stubbers then Governour of Galway, and others commanding in the said County to take the people out of their beds at nights, and sell them for Slaves to the Indies, and by computation sould out of the said County above 1000 soules.
Murthers committed in the said County of Gallway on Protestants.
Anno 42. It is confessed that two Protestants were murthered in that County, whereof one was a Minister as the Libel sayes, but it is most certain, that the Lord Marquess of Clanriccard caused the three men who murthered one of them to be hanged in Gibbets in three several places, and by his Lordships orders Sir Roger O Shaghnesy hanged the two Cow-heards who murthered the other.
Anno 42. It is confessed that the Lord of Clanmorris having declared against the said Fort, for hanging his Serjeant as above expressed, took Serjeant Rowleright, and two or three more of the Souldiers of the said Fort pilladging a village neer Gallway, and hanged Rowleright and the other three.
It is also confessed that a barbarous murther was committed by one Edmund Alta, an irreligious prophane fellow of the County of Mayo, and his wicked complices on some Protestants at Shruel a place mearing with the county of Gallway on about 30 persons, and the Pamphleter might well remember that the neighbouring Gentry came with all expedition to rescue the said Protestants, and that they did rescue the Bishop of Killala (who by the Pamphlet [Page 7] seems to have been murthered) and his wife and children▪ with the most part of the said Protestants, and Bryen Kilkenny a Fryer, then Guardian of the Abby of Ross neer Shruel, was of the first that made hast to that rescue, and brought the said Bishops wife and children, with several others of the said distressed Protestants to his Monastry, where they found as much civility as was in the said Fryers Power to give them for several nights, until Mr. Burk of Castle Hacket brought the said Bishop, his wife and family to his own house where they wanted nothing he could afford them for some weeks, the like being done by several other neighbouring Gentlemen to the rest of the said Protestants, until they were sent to places of security by the Lord Marquesse Clanriccard his order, yet the said Fryar hath been these eight years past kept a Prisoner for his function or calling without any other crime laid to his charge, now being about 80 years of age.
And it is observable that in this county of Gallway all the war time several Protestant Ministers viz. Dean York, Mr. Corroyn, Mr. Nelly, and other Ministers, had their Protestant Flocks and meetings without interruption living amongst the Irish,
County of Roscoman.
No murthers were committed by any party in this County only five persons at Bellanafada by one Roger O Conor; and no murther was committed at Bellalegue during the War, although in the Pamphlet the contrary is expressed, nor no such man as William Steward was known in that County, nor to have been murthered there though the said abstract sets forth his being murthered in a most barbarous manner.
County of Leotrim.
Anno 1641. It was commonly known to all sides how cruel the Governour of Mannor Hamilton was in that County, how he usually invited Gentlemen to Dine with him, and hanged them after Dinner, and cause their thighes to be broke with hatchets before execution.
[Page 8] Also the said Governour being in Vlster when then Rebellion broke forth, desired one Mr. Iraght (a Gentleman who professed much friendship to him) to do him the favour to guide him in safety to Mannor Hamilton aforesaid which the Gentleman did, and came neer upon a 100 miles with him, after being friendly treated for some days by the said Governor he hanged without the least occasion, neither was the Gentleman in the Rebelion, but was hanged least he should. The Libel sayes three Protestants were murthered in this County, but on due examination it will be found three was none.
County of Sligoe.
Here is none at this time who can give any exact account of the murthers committed in this County, but one remarkable murther, that in Creanes Castle in the Town of Sligo, the Irish had a partie commanded by Major Richard Burke after obteining quarter for them to march away, to the number of about 200 were murthered rendering the Castle, this Sir Audley Mervyne knoweth to be true.
County of Dublin.
1641. About the begining of November, 5 poor men (whereof two were Protestants) coming from the Market of Dublin, and lying that night at Santry 3 miles from thence, were Murthered upon their Beds by one Cap. Smith, and a party of the Garison of Dublin, and their heads brought next day in tryumph into the Citty, which occasioned Luke Nettervel and George King and others of the neighbours, to write to the Lord Justices to know the cause of the said murther, whereupon their Lordships issued forth a Proclamation that within 5 days the Gentry should come to Dublin to receive satisfaction, and in the mean while (before the 5 days were expired) old Sir Charles Coote came out with a party plundred and burned the Town of Clontraffe distant 2 miles from Dublin belonging to the said Gorge King nominated in the Proclamation, and killed 16 of the Townsmen and women and 3 sucking [Page 9] Infants, which unexpected breach of the Proclamation (having deterred the Gentlemen from waiting of the Lords Justices) forced many of them to betake themselves to their natural defence, and others to abandon their houses.
In the same week 56 men, women and children of the Village of Bullogge (being frighted at what was done at Clontarff, took boates and went to Sea, to shun the fury of a party of Souldiers come out of Dublin, under the command of Collonel Crafford, but being pursued by the souldiers in other Boats, were overtaken and thrown over board.
One Russel a Baker in Dublin coming out of the Countrey, in company with Mr. Archbold of Clochram (who went to take hold of the said Proclamation of the Lords Justices) were both hanged and quartered.
1641. In March, a party of horse of the Garrison of Donsoghlin, murthered seven or eight poor people in Protection, Tennants to Mr. Dillon of Hunstowne having quartered in their houses the night before, and receiving such entertainment as the poor people could afford.
About the same time, a party of the English quartered at Mallahyde, hanged a servant of Mr Robert Boynes at the Plough, and forced a poor Labourer to hang his own brother, and soon after they hanged fifteen of the Inhabitants of Swords who never bore Armes, in the Orchard of Mallahide, and hanged a woman for bemoaning her husband hanged amonst them.
In the same year after quarter given by Lieutenant Colonel Gibson, to those of the castle of Carriggmain they were all put to the sword, being about three hundred and fifty, most of them women and children, and Collonel Washington endeavouring to save a pretty child of seven years of age, carryed him under his cloake, but the child against his will was killed in his armes, which was a principal motive of his quitting that service.
1642. In April one Nicholas Hart and fourteen Labourers, going with corn to the market of Dublin, and having a pass, were all murthered upon the road, by a party commanded abroad by Lord Lambert. The same day Mr. Sarsfield of Lucan, sent his [Page 10] Groom to guide the Lord of Gesils Troop, which the fellow having performed, was knocked in the head for his labour. The same day eighteen villages in Protection, the furthest within six miles to Dublin, were plundered and burned, and to the number of four hundred men women and children, were cruelly massacred.
About the same time, a party of the Garrison of Swoards, having brought in thirty poor Labourers, forced them to digg their own graves and then killed them.
Much about that time, one Benet Sheriff of the county, kill'd sixteen men and women coming from the market of Dublin in May. A party under the command of Collonel Crafford murthered one hundred forty women and children in Newcastle and Coolmine, being under protection.
1641. 1642. Many thousands more of the poor innocent people of that County, shunning the fury of the Souldiers fled several times into thickets of Firres which the Souldiers did usually fire, killing as many as endeavoured to escape, or forced them back again to be burnt, and the rest of the Inhabitants for the most part dyed of Famine.
1649. Captain Harrington a Protestant, and three hundred Officers and Souldiers, taken Prisoners at the defeat given his Majesties Army before Dublin, were after quarter given, put to death by order of Collonel Michael Iones.
Mr. Wogan of Rathcoffie, having quarter given him in the same time, by Captain Ottoway, was killed by Lieutenant Tomson, as he rid behind one of Ottoways troopers, and one Mr. Hiny an aged person after dividing his goods to the value of fifteen hundred pound among the Souldiers, was knocked in the head, together with his daughter, her husband and four children after quarter.
Note that no less then twelve thousand of the poor Inhabitants of that county, were cruelly massacred the first year of the War.
County of Kildare.
1641. Captain Thomas Hues having summoned thirty three contributers to meet him at Hodgestowne, caused them all to be murthered.
1641. The said Hues murthered Mrs. Eustare Aunt to Sir Robert Talbot ninty years old (with two gentlewomen that waited on her) after she entertained him friendly in her house.
1641. The Souldiers of Clongowes wood and Rathcoffy yeilding upon quarter, were conveyed to Dublin and hanged there & upwards of an hundred and fifty women and children, were found in the said places murthered.
Anno 51. Capt. Hulet coming to Sir Iohn Dongans house at Castle town, to search for a Priest, tortured a child of Sir Iohns of seven years of age with lighted matches, to force a confession from him where the Priest was, and the poor child not telling, or not knowing, Hulet hung him up with the Reines of his bridle, but the Troopers when Hulets back was turnd, cut him down half dead, whereof the child dyed soon after.
It is well known that the Commons of that county were for the most part destroyed and slaughtered by the English, in so much that there were not so many left living as could gather the 20th part of the harvest.
County of Meath.
1642. In April Mrs Elinor Taaffe of Tullag hanoge, sixty years old, and 6 women more were murthered by the Souldiers of the Garrison of Trim, and a blind woman aged eighty years, was incompassed with straw by them, to which they set fire and so burnt her, the same day they hanged two women in Kilbride and two old decrepit men that begged Almes of them.
In the same year Mr. Walter Dulin an old man, unable to stir, abroad many years before the war, was killed in his own house by Lieutenant Collonel Broughtons troopers, notwithstanding [Page 12] the said Broughtons Protection which the old man produced.
1642. Mr. Walter Euers a Justice of peace and Coram, an aged man and bedrid of the Palsie long before the Rebellion, was carryed in a Carr to Trim. and there hanged by the Governours orders.
Anno 1642. Many Ploughmen were killed in Philbert-Stowne by the Garrison at Bective.
1642. 40. Men women and children in Protection reaping their harvest in Bonestowne were killed by a troop of the said Garrison, who upon the same day killed Mrs Alfon Read, at Donsaghiln being eighty nine years old, and forty persons more, most of them women and children shunning the fury of the said troop, were overtaken and slaughtered.
1642. About seventy men, women and children, tenants to Mr. Francis Mc O voy, and under protection, were killed by Greenvils Souldiers, and 160 more in the Parish of Rathcoare, whereof there was an aged couple blind fifteen years before.
1642. Cap. Sandford and his troopers, murthered in and about Mulhussey upwards of one hundred men, women and children, under protection, and caused one Conor Breslan to be stuck with a knife into the throat, and so bled to death, and one Eliner Cusaack one hundred years old, was tyed about with lighted matches, and so tortured to death in Clonmoghan.
1642. Iames Dowlan about a hundred years old, Donagh Comen, Derby Dennis, Roger Bolan, and several other Labourers and women, to the number of a hundred and sixty making their harvest, were all slaughtered by the Garrison of Trim.
1642. Mr. Barnwal of Tobertinan, and Mr. Iohn Husseg innocent persons were hanged at Trim, by old Sir Charles Cootes party.
1642. Gerrald Lynch of Donower aged eighty years, was killed by troopers of Trin being in protection.
Mr. Thomas Talbot of Crawlstowne about eighty years old being protected, and a known servitor to the Crown, (having been Lieutenant of horse, to the Lord of Hoaths troop in the Battail of Kinsale, in Queen Eliz. Raigne, was killed at his own door by some of Captain Marroes troop.
[Page 13] 1642. About the month of April, the Souldiers under the said Greenvils command, killed in and about the Navan eighty men, women and children, who lived under Protection.
1641. Captain Wentworth and his company, garrisoned at Donmo, killed no less then two hundred protected persons, in the Parish of Donamore Slane, and Barroni of Margellin and Ovmorein, the town of Ardmulchan Kingstowne and Haristowne, all protected persons.
1642. Sir Richard Greenfields troop killed forty two men, women and children, and eighteen Infants at Doramstowne.
2642. A woman in Protection was by Capt. Marrowes Souldiers put into the stocke of a Tuckmil and so tuckt to death, in the town of Steedalte.
Lieutenant Ponsonby put two aged protected persons to death at Dowanstone, each of them being about eighty years old.
Captain Marrow caused about an hundred protected persons, men, women and children to be put to death in the Barrony of Dooleek, and Lieutenant Iohn Tench killed a protected person 70 years old neer Duleek.
Mr. Patrick White, son and heir of Mr. White of Clangil▪ in protection, was taken out of his bed and knockt in the head, by Lieu. Luaton of the Garrison of Trim.
1647. Three thousand Souldiers at the Battail of Donganshill, were killed after quarter given them, by Coll. Michael Iones, and many Irish Officers taken in the battail, and deeply wounded were killed the next day after, when they could not march on foot.
1649. After the taking of Drogheda by Cromwel, the slaughterer of men, women and children, continued there for four or five days together in cold blood, to the number of about four thousand.
Many thousands of the poor Inhabitants of this county were destroyed in the Firrs, as those in the county of Dublin, and the rest for the most part perished with Famine.
County of Westmeath.
1642. About the latter end of March, Mr. Christopher Mac Gawley notwithstanding the protection of the Duke of Ormond, was killed in his own house with two of his servants, by a party of the English Aarmy marching to Athlone, who laying the said tection on the said Gawleys brest, shot him through his protection, to try whether it was proof against a buller.
1942. Mrs. Ellis Dillon of Killenenin having the Lord Justices protection for her self, and her tennants, was plundred and 40 of the said Tennants their wives and children were killed by souldiers under Sir Michael Earnely's command.
County of Louth.
1641. In the month of February, about 300 poor people men women and Children were cruelly slaughtered in the wood of Deruer by a party of the Garrison of Dondalke and Tredath.
1641. About the beginning of March about 300 hundred Farmers and labourers never in Armos, with their wives and Children were masacred by a party of the Garrisons of Dondalke and Tredath in the Redmoore of Braganstowne.
About the same time Captain Charles Townsly and Lievtenant faithful Townsly, with a party of the English Army and Garrison of Dundalke slaugtered at Dunmogham 220 Inhabitants of several Villag es commanded by the Officers of the said Army to live in that place for their greater security.
A party of the said Garrison of Tredath and Dundalke, killed above 200 persons in the Castle of Reaghstowne after quarter given.
1641. One Anthony Townsly hanged Mr. Dromgole of Dromgoolstowne at his own gate, the said Townsley hanged upward of 30 poor men and women, going to the Markets of Dundalke and Tredath, on a tree commonly called eight mile Bush midway between the said Townes.
[Page 15] 1642. A party of horse and foot of the Garison of Tredah, kill'd and burnt in the firres above 160 men women and children of the Inhabitants of Termoufeighin, within three miles of Tredah no less then a 10000 of the poor Inhabitants of that County though they are not taxed with any murther committed on the Protestants according to their own abstract, were masacred.
County of Wicklow.
October 1641. Three women whereof, one Gentle woman big with Child, and a boy were hanged on the Bridge of Neuragh, by command of of old Sir Charles Coote in his first march to that County, and caused his guid to blow into his Pistol and so shot him dead, he also hang'd a poor Butcher on the same march, called Thomas Mc William.
1641. Mr. Denis Conyam of Glanely aged and unable to bear Armes was rosted to death by Capt. Gee of Col. Craffords Regiment, & in all the marches in 41, 42, 43, the English Army killed all they met in this County though no murthers are charged on the said County, to be committed on Protestants by the Abstract.
In the Usurpers time Captain Barrington Garrisoned at Arcklow, Murthered Donnagh O Doyle of Killoarrow and above 500 more Protected by himself, and it is well known that most of the comonalty of this County were murthered.
1650. Mr. Birne of Munneg a Gentleman of an inoffensive Demeanor being then in protection, the Governour of Carloe, marched with a party to this County; the said Birne came to him and two of his servants produced his Protection, notwithstanding which he and his two servants were hanged, for no other reason then that the Gentleman had a great stood of Horses and Mares, besides a good stock of Cows which were out of hand seized on by the said Governor and his party.
County of Kilkenny.
1641. The English Souldiers of the Garrison of Ballenekil burnt an old woman of ninety years old in her own house in Idough.
1642. The said Souldiers massacred a hundred eighty men, women and children, who were cutting their Corn neer the said Garrison. They dragged Mr. Thomas Shee an innocent person out of his own house with five of his Servants, and hanged them all at Ballenekil.
1650. Col. Daniel Axtel cut of the head of of Mr. Fitz Gerret of Browneifords Son, and hanged the sons of Mr. Butler of Ballikify and Mr. Butler of Boni'dstowne because their fathers inlisted themselves in his Majesties Army.
One Francis Frisby an English man and a Protestant, Butler to the Duke of Ormond having had quarter upon the Rendition of Killkenny to Cromwel was apprehended by the said Col. Axtel, and for not confessing his Lords plate, was tortured to death by burning matches between his fingers, in the castle of Killkenny.
1651. Major Shertal, an Officer of his Majesties Army having delivered the Castle of of Ballimay upon quarter of life and liberty to Col. Axtel, was run through the body by the said Col. and all his Souldiers to number of 190 were killed.
1651. Captain Thomas Shertel, a Captain of horse in his Maiesties Army coming to Killkenny upon a safe conduct, was hang'd by the said Axtel, because he had a good estate, within 2 miles of Killkenny.
1650. Col. Axtel hanged 50 of the Inhabitants neere Thomastowne, living under his protection, for no other reason but that a party of Cromwels Army was defeated the day before in that place, by some of the Royalests.
Col. Axtel meeting one day 40 men women and children neer the Wood of Kildonan who were coming for greater security to live within his quarters caused them all to be killed.
[Page 17] Some Souldiers of the Kings army being taken in avillage in Graces parish, Col. Axtel caused all the inhabitants of the said village to be apprehended, hanged three of them, and sold the rest to the Barbadoes.
1650. The said Axtel (as matter of recreation) commanded his troop to gather together a great number of the protected people neer Kilkenny, and being all in a cluster, bid the troopers rush through them and to kill as many as hapened on the left hand of the troop, and to spare the rest, 30 persons were murthered then on that account.
County of Wexford.
1651. Col. Cook in one march out of Iniscorphy into the Barronyes of Ballaghkene and Goury, murthered a hundred poor Labourers in Protection, and five hundred women and children whom he caused to be lock't up in their own houses, commanding his Souldiers to set fire unto them, and one woman having escaped out of a house, was killed, and her belly barbarously ript up, others thrust their sucking babes out of the windowes, hoping that their innocency might beget pitty in the Souldiers, who by their Collonels command received the poor Infants upon the heads of their pikes and thrust them back into the fire.
1650. 1651. The said Coll. Cook in his several marches into the Baronyes of Bellaghkine and Skarawalsh, murthered upward of three hundred men women and children under protection, yet the wife and children of this Cook (notwithstanding all his barbarous cruelties committed against the Kings Subjects, and having alwaies emminently appeared against his Majesty and his Royal Father) have been so well befriended as to be provided for by special name in his Majesties Declaration for the settlement of Ireland.
1650. 1651. Captain Thomas Barrington murthered no less then 300 men, women and children under protection in the Barronyes of Goury and Bellaghkin.
[Page 18] 1650. The said Barrington killed fifty women and children at a place called Layen, he was so noted through Cromwels Army for his cruelty, that they called him Barrington-kill all.
The above Coll. Cook caused twenty two of Sir Walter Dongans men, taken at the fight at Clonigal to be killed after quarter given, and one Captain Birne of his Majesties Army wounded in the fight, and much made of by some of Cookes men, who took him Prisoner, was soon after stript and killed.
Major Thomas Hart forced a country fellow under protection to leap into the River Bana, and took pleasure to see him drowned.
1650. Captain William Bolton of Colonel Prettys Regiment, slaughtered about two hundred & fifty men, women and children under protection, in the said Barronies of Karawalsh, Bellaghkine, Bantry and Gillmalere.
1650. The said Bolton gave quarter at Castle Kirk to nine Souldiers, who after delivering their Arms were slaughtered by his order.
1650. Mr. Pierse Butler, eldest son to the Lord of Galmoy, and Captain of horse in his Majesties Army, being taken prisoner in the fight at Lampstowne, was killed in cold blood, and after quarter by the said Bolton.
1651. The said Bolton hanged Pierse Doran, who collected his contribution, at his own door and one of his servants to keep him company.
1651. Nicholas Lenagh a man known to be frantick, was killed in his own house by the said Boltons orders.
Daniel Birne and Morogh Redmond were murthered in their houses by Cap. Barrington, they being in Protection, and Collectors of the contribution.
1651. Colonel Pretty meeting one day upon the road with Mr. Phillip Hill a Gentleman of his acquaintance, and his collector in the Barrony of Ballagh Keen hanged him on the next Tree.
[Page 19] Notwithstanding all those murthers and massacres acted upon the Inhabitants of this county, it is observable that by the late Pamphlet and all the papers that have been published to that subject, they could not say that one English man was murthered in that county since the Rebellion.
County of Typperary.
1641. On the 24. of October one Brown and Cap. Peasly murthered eleven men women and children in their own houses at Goldin Bridge, before any of the Catholikes took up Arms in that county.
About the same time the said Captain Peasely going through Cloneulty, Phillip Ryan a peaceable Gentleman, and owner of the said Town, came out of his house to salute the Cap. who pulled out his Pistol and shot the poor harmless Gentleman dead at his own door.
Note that these two murthers occasioned the rising of the Gentry and inhabitants of that county.
1641. One Iohn Wise of Balliowen, an English Souldier came several times in womens attire upon the road, and committed divers murders upon symple countrey people coming from the Market.
1649. A Souldier of Cromwels being killed by some of the Irish Army, Col. Ieremy Sankey summoned all the Inhabitants of the Parish wherein he was killed, being under his protection, to come to Fethered, where he put them to the Dice, and hanged five of them.
One Lieutenant Mac. Gragh of his Majesties Army, being taken prisoner by Captain Iohn Godfroy, was five dayes after hanged in the town of Fetherd by Colonel Sankey notwithstanding the said Godfroys protection to have given him quarter.
1652. Seventeen poor women and children in Protection were murthered at Tullow by Major Elias Green and his party, [Page 20] and one of the Troopers refusing to kill a woman big with child, by name Eliz. Cugly, was wounded by the said Major, who thrust his own Sword through the womans Bowels.
Within a while after, thirty women and boyes, ready to starve, & digging of Puttatoes in their own Gardens in the said Village of Tullo, were all killed by orders of the said Major Green.
1649. Captain Cantuel, and Captain Fitz. Gerrald of his Majesties Army, were tyed to a tree and shot to death by some Officers of Cromwels Army after quarter given.
1651, Colonel Richard hanged Ed. Mockler a protected person, and also a woman bigg with child, saying he did it least she should be delivered of a Traytor.
Major Bolton, killed in the high way neer Thurles, one Phillip Pursel an honest Gentleman in Protection.
Major William Moor murthered upon the highway neer Thurles a servant of Mr. Iohn Bryans, carrying provision to the Lady of Thurles.
1651. Morish English a Gentleman in Protection, was dragg'd out of his own house by the said Cap. Iohn Godfroy, and brought to Cahirr where he was hanged next day.
1651. Sixteen Souldiers of his Majesties Army taken Prisoners by Col. Abotts troop neer Nenagh were all killed by them after quarter given.
1651. One Moran a Souldier after quarter promised, was by Colonel Abots command hanged three houres by the heels from the Battlement of the castle of Nenagh, and next day hanged by the neck until he dyed.
1651. Some of Abots troop having brought a Labourer out of Mr. Grace of Clogh Priory his house, to shew them the way, cut off his head within a Musket shot to the house.
Two Labourers thrashing of corne in Ballinanan were killed by Cap. Barker.
In the year 1650. David Walsh Esquire, about eighty years old, was murthered by Major Morgan, now Sir Anthony Morgan, in the road between Clonmel and Waterford, and one of [Page 21] the said Davids daughters endeavouring to preserve her Father, was murthered over him, and a Granchild of the said Davids, seven years of age, then in the company, was murthered by the said Sir Anthonies own hands.
The troopers having absolutely refused to kill him, and several others of rhe said Davids kindred were murthered for no other cause but that his children and relations were active in defending Clonmel for his Majesty against Cromwel, and for his son Iohn Walsh Esquire, his attending on the Lord Lieutenant in order to his Majesties service.
No less then 500 poor labourers and women were hang'd at Clonmel, and other Garrisons in this County, guilty of no other crime but being found within the imaginary lines drawn by the Govenors of the several Garisons in the said County.
A woman being big with child, having in presence of all the people the child stirring in her womb, was hanged by Colo. Richards at Clomnel.
County of Clare.
1644. 40 families in protection were murthered by the Garrison of Inchicronan.
1646. several residing neer Bunratty were Murthered by the Souldiers of that Garrison under Command of Lievetenant Col. Adams.
1651. Sir Hardress Waller, and Col. Ingoldsby commanding two parties into the Barronneg of Bueren then under protection killed in one day, upwards of 800 men women and children, and meeting with Squire Donogh O Bryan an aged Gentleman, and protected by the said Waller they lockt him up in a Country house to which they set fire and burnt him to death.
1651. the said Colonels Troope of Dragoones murthered in the Town of Quenne 30 aged and poor persons.
1651. The said Ingoldsby after giving quarter to 9 souldiers of his Majesties Army, and a weeks imprisonment hang'd them,
[Page 22] 1651. The said Ingoldsby's men killed about 1000 poor labourers women and children in the Barronists of Corckromroe and Inchiquin being all under his Protection, Capt. Puerefoy and other officers commanded by the said Ingoldsby, murthered upward of 100 men women and children in the Barrony's of Bunratty and Tullagh protected by the said Col.
Captaine Stafe and Capt Apers under the command of the said Ingoldsby murthered no less then 500 families in protection in the Barronies of Island I Brackane Cluandarala and Moyfarta.
1651. The said Ingoldsby's men when the were surfeited of killing, made it an ordinary practise to bridle the poor people, men and women to tye them to their horses tailes like beasts and sell them to the Barbadoes.
County of Limericke.
Anno 1651. The said Col. Ingoldsby being one day with a party in the teritory of Cleanlish, slaughtered upward of 500 men women and Children, all under his protection.
1651. The said Ingoldsby and his Dragoons murthered in one day about 300 protected persons in the teritory of Tullagh hill.
County of Kiery.
1653. The Inhabitance of the Barrony of Dunkueran being ordred by Lievtenant Col. Nelson then Govenor of the County for Cromwel, to remove with their goods and Cattels neer his Garrisons for their greater security were met by the said Nelson Major Peppard, Capt. Thomas Barrington, Capt. Hasset, and other Officers, with a party of horse and under colour to secure their removeal, and on a sudden upon a sign given, the souldiers fell upon the poor people, and killed upwards of 300 men women and children, the cruelty of Barrington and Hasset in that massacre was remarkable, causing many women to be [Page 23] shamefully stript naked, and afterwards most inhumanly butchered, the fingers of such as wore rings to be cut off, and the Babes and Infants to be tossed on Pikes and Halberts, in sight of their dying Parents.
1653. The said Nelson having granted his protection under hand and Seal to Tecig Morearty and Conor Mc Donogh Catholick Priests, until their transportation for Flanders by a time limitted; before half that time was expired apprehended the said Priests, and hang'd them with their Protection in their hands.
1653. The said Nelson and Captain Peeter Cary meeting with one Thomas O Bryne a Butcher by trade, hanged him for being sometime a lay Fryer.
Many hundreds of the poor people of that county reduced by the exaction and cruelty of their Governours, to a starving condition, were by Nelsons orders for smelling of horseflesh which they were necessitated to eat or starve hanged.
1653. Captain Thomas Barrington aforesaid, caused the arm of a poor woman to be cut off with a hatchet, and perceiveing that she grasped with the other hand a sucking babe, she had at her breast, he caused that arm to be also cut off, and the Infants head dashed against a Rock, in her presence.
The said Barrington caused a Lieutenant and some Souldiers of his Majesties Army, taken prisoners upon quarter, to be stript naked, and their braines knocked out with a hatchet.
County of Corke.
Ann. 1641. In Condons countrey above 300 Labourers, women and children, were murthered by some of the now Earl of Ororrys Souldiers.
In the said country amongst others, they guelded one Denis Downey▪ and puld out one of his eyes, and sent him in that posture to his wife.
Anno 41. It. fifty six persons or thereabouts, were brought Prisoners to Castle Lyons (most of them Labourers who did [Page 24] never bear armes) were put into a stable, and the women in that Garrison at night fired their beards and the hair of their heads, which so disfigured them and burnt them, that their neerest friends could not know them next day when they were a hanging.
Anno 42. In the same county 355 persons, men, women and children were murthered with clubbs and stones, being in protection.
Ann. 42. Mr. Henly an English Gentleman, dwelling in Roches countrey, but a Roman Catholick, had his wife and children barbarously stript, and most of his tenants inhumanly murthered by the adjacent English Garrisons. He the said Henly nor his tenants being never in Armes, and such cruelty was used, that they stab'd young Infants, and left them so half dead on their mothers dead carcasses, in the said Henlystowne and in the adjacent villages, at that time there were murthered about nine hundred Labourets, women and children.
Ann. 43. Cloghlegh being Garrisoned by the Irish and surrendred upon quarter of life to Sir Charles Vavasor were all inhumanly murthered, and the hearts of some of them pul'd out and put into their mouthes, and many other Massacres were committed the same time there on women and childred.
Ann. 43. At Lislee 24 men in Protection were murthered by Col. Mynns Souldiers.
At Beallauere the same year Teig O Mungan and David Broge blowing by command into Pistols, were shot to death by some of Cap. Bridges men, and eight poor Labourers more were killed by them being in Protection, and then imployed in saving some harvest of English.
Anno 42. At Clogheiulty about 238 men, women and children were murthered, of which number seventeen children werie taken by the legs by Souldiers who knockt out their brains against the walls, this was done by Phorbis his men, and the Garrison of Bandon bridge.
At Garrane neer Ross, Conor Kinedy, who had protection for himself and his Tennants to save their Harvest, were murthered by the said Garrison of Ross as they were ditching about their [...]
[Page 25] Anno 41. At Bandon bridge, the Garrison there tyed 88 Irishmen of the said Town back to back and threw them off the bridge into the River, where they were all drowned.
Anno 50. At Shiel there were 40 laboures with women and children put on the edge of a great cliff over the Sea, a Rope being drawn about them with six Souldiers on each and and so thrown into the Sea, and drowned, this was done by Major Wallis and his party, who about the same time murthered in the west of Carbery upwards of 800 men, women and children.
Anno 41. Patrick Hackett Master of a Ship in Waterford, the Dutches of Ormond being desireous to be conveyed by him to Dublin after leaving her safe with her family and goods there, the Lord Justices and the Duke of Ormond gave him a pass for his safe returne who being driven by a storme into Dungarvan, the said Master and all his men were hanged by direction of the Commander in cheife there, notwithstanding he produced his said pass.
Anno 47. Sir Allexander Mc Donnel a known eminent serviture to his late Majestie in the wars of Scotland was murthered by Major Purdome after quarter.
Anno 51. Charles Mc Carty of Killmydy being in a party with Coll. Phayre at the Grate of his Castle, Col. Ingoldsby rides up to the Grate with a span'd Pistol and shot him dead, at which action the said Phayre was much dissatisfied, being Commander in cheif of that party.
Anno 41. The English party of this County Burnt, O Sulevan Beare his house in Bantry, and all the rest of that Country, killed man, woman and child, turning many into their houses then on fire to be burnt therein, and amongst others, Thomas de Bucke a Cooper about 80 years old, and his wife being little less, and all this was done without provocation, the said O Sulevan being a known reliever of the English in that Country, observe that this County is not charged in the late Abstract with any Murthers.
County of Waterford.
Anno 41. In Decy's Country the neighbouring English Garisons of the County of Corke after burning and pilladging all that Country, they Murthered above 3000 persons, men women and Children, before any Rebellion began in Munster, and led a hundred labourers prisoners to Caperquine, where being tyed by couples were cast into the River, & made sport to see them drowned; observe that this County is not charged with any murthers to be committed on Protestants.