Hi, I would appreciate if you could circulate the following announcement to the group: Achill Archaeological Field School 2004 Weekend and Week-Long Courses -...
Theresa Mc Donald
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Apr 8, 2004 4:43 pm
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Hello; I just finished reading the Cyril Falls book on the Irish wars...I was wondering how many works there have been on the Irish wars of the later 16th...
Has anyone considered that the greatest English defeat (at Yellow Ford) and the greatest Irish defeat (at Kinsale) were both due to the widespread use of...
(Michael Cummins: thanks for the response to my previous post) There was an intersting book I came across recently on early modern Ireland...I came across it...
... great bearing on the ultimate outcome. The two key problems were some bad soldiering by O'Neill and the inability of the Irish to deal with the English...
Does anyone know the name of the French Firemaster who was involved in the afore mentioned siege?. I seem to recall reading about a Frenchman who used various...
I don't know the answer to this question, and I have consulted several books that I believed might have some information. I'd be interested to learn the answer...
Ted Meehan
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Aug 9, 2004 4:45 am
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Wreck may be Cromwell's flagship From AFP August 23, 2004 THE wreck of a 17th-century ship found preserved in a sandbar in southern Ireland five years ago...
People, As many of you will have noticed, the clearing of mail for this list has been erratic of late. The primary reason for this is my own lack of access to...
Should activity not resume here promptly, Yahoo will delete the group and its archives. This would be a shame, I think, but is inevitable if the group members...
Stiof, If nothing else, might we all post the reason for joining or the subject that is of most interest to us. That will generate messages but also might spur...
Janet Crawford
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Jan 26, 2005 11:13 am
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Hey, don't delete this group! This is a good list and I hope to post topics here. Kevin...
Various English pamphlets from the 1640's depict the Irish torturing and killing Protestants; the Irish are shown wearing the kind of dress common in England...
Speaking for myself, I would consider the closing of this list to be a significant loss. Unfortunately, I don't have a particular topic to introduce right at...
Ted Meehan
tmeehan@...
Jan 26, 2005 11:13 am
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Hello, does anyone know where I can get a detailed description of Cromwell's Irish Campaign?. The only book I can find with information on this is 'The Curse...
I would agree. This group was phenomenal in terms of helping me research two historical books that I wrote. Whatever questions couldn't be answered on the...
... From: "gealai" <gealai@...> ... I've not read the book. Would you please expand on your comment please? Janet -- No virus found in this outgoing...
Janet Crawford
reojan@...
Jan 27, 2005 3:09 pm
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Gealai, Are you still looking for info on Humphrey Gilbert? Besides the silly response of 'Alan' did you find any further information, Michael ... Gilbert...
Two possible sources for you... Brendan Fitzpatrick "17th Century Ireland: Wars of Religion", and Jerrold Casway "Owen Roe O'Neill and the struggle for...
Ted Meehan
tmeehan@...
Jan 27, 2005 3:10 pm
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I have the oddest engraving of a "Lady of Ireland" by George Moore where the lady is dressed in something that looks almost like a military greatcoat and a...
Janet Crawford
reojan@...
Jan 27, 2005 3:11 pm
1073
... Actually, it is quite possible. There are several examples of images of Irish women with strange headgear. There are a bunch of woodcuts (?) which I...
Janet, When researching data on the heraldry origins of the O'Brien Clan, part of the surrender and regrant conditions of King Henry VIII in 1543 to Murrough...
I re-read the Twilight Lords and found that it had more information than I thought (on Gilbert) but Berleth does not list any sources which is a pain. Apart...
Fr Peter Higgins: the Naas martyr Henry Peel OP traces the life of Fr Peter Higgins, a Dominican priest who was martyred in Dublin in 1642, during the days of...
Hi, I'm new. I research a little bit of everything it seems. Short while ago, I completed (as much as time would reasonably allow) some research on the Battle...
The martyrdom of Bishop O'Devaney Henry Peel OP tells the story of the 17th century martyrdom of Bishop Conor O'Devaney and a young priest, Fr Patrick...
... Forgive my ignorance, but when was the battle of Lixnaw?. In Late-Gaelic-Ireland@yahoogroups.com, "caitlin_oduibhir" ... allow) ... it's ... this, ... came...
'The Curse of Cromwell' by D.M.R Esson (1971) is the book I am talking about. I re-read the book and I think I may have been slightly unfair with my previous...
