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An Historical And Geographical Account Of Ireland.
what the consequence of his claim mig ht have been . Henry understood that the Irish had a mean opinion of his dignity , as the Kings of England had hitherto assumed no hig her title than that of . Lords of Ireland . He therefore took that of King of Ireland , which had a great effect with the native Irish , who thought that allegiance was not due to a Lord ; and to speak the truth , it was somewhat surprising that this expedient was not thought of before . It produced a
more perfect submission of the native iri . ih to Henry ' s government than ever had been known ; and even O'Neil , who pretended to be successor to the last paramount King of Ireland , "swore allegiance to Henry , who created him Earl of Tyrone . The Pope , however , and the princes of the house of Austria , by remitting money and sometimes sending over troops to the Irish , still
kept up their interest in that kingdom , and drew from them vast numbers of men to their armies , where they proved as good soldiers as any in Europe . Tin ' s created inexpressible difficulties fo the English government , even in the reign of Edward VI . But it is remarkable , that the reformation took place in the English part of Ireland with little or no opposition . The Irish seem to have been very quiet
during- the reign of Queen Mary ; bur they proved thorns in the side of Queen Elizabeth . The perpetual disputes she had with the Roman Catholics , both at home and abroad , gave her great uneasiness ; and the Pope and the house of Austria always found new resources against her in Ireland . The Spaniards possessed themselves of Kinsale ; and the rebellions of Tyrone , who baffled and outwitted her favo write General , the Earl of Essex , are well known in the English history .
The Lord Deputy Mountjoy , who succeeded Essex , was the first Englishman who gave a mortal blow to the practices of the Spaniards in Ireland , by defeating them and the Irish before Kinsale , and bringing Tyrone prisoner to England ; where he was pardoned by Queen Elizabeth in 1602 . This lenity , shewn to such an offender , is a proof of the dieadful apprehensions Elizabeth had from the Popish interest in Ireland . James I . confirmed the possessions of the Irish ; but
such was the influence of the Pope and the Spaniards , that the Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel , and their party , planned a new rebellion , and attempted to seize the Castle of Dublin ; but their plot being discovered , their chief ' s fled be \ ond seas . They were not idle abroad ; for in 1608 they instigatetl Sir Calim O'Dogharty to a fresh rebellion , by promising him -peedy supplies of men and money from Spain .
Sir Calim was killed in the dispute , and his adherents were taken and executed . The attainders of the Irish rebels , which passed in the reigns of James and Elizabeth , vested in the crown :, 11 , 465 acres , in the several counties of Donnegall , Tyrone , Colerain , Fermanagh , Cavan , and Armagh ; and enabled the King to make that Protestant plantation in the North of Ireland , which nowfrom the most
rebel-, lious province of the kingdom , is the most quiet and reformed . Those prodig ious attainders , however just and necessary they might be , operated fatally for the English in the reign of Charles I . The Irish Roman Catholics in general were influenced by their priests
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Historical And Geographical Account Of Ireland.
what the consequence of his claim mig ht have been . Henry understood that the Irish had a mean opinion of his dignity , as the Kings of England had hitherto assumed no hig her title than that of . Lords of Ireland . He therefore took that of King of Ireland , which had a great effect with the native Irish , who thought that allegiance was not due to a Lord ; and to speak the truth , it was somewhat surprising that this expedient was not thought of before . It produced a
more perfect submission of the native iri . ih to Henry ' s government than ever had been known ; and even O'Neil , who pretended to be successor to the last paramount King of Ireland , "swore allegiance to Henry , who created him Earl of Tyrone . The Pope , however , and the princes of the house of Austria , by remitting money and sometimes sending over troops to the Irish , still
kept up their interest in that kingdom , and drew from them vast numbers of men to their armies , where they proved as good soldiers as any in Europe . Tin ' s created inexpressible difficulties fo the English government , even in the reign of Edward VI . But it is remarkable , that the reformation took place in the English part of Ireland with little or no opposition . The Irish seem to have been very quiet
during- the reign of Queen Mary ; bur they proved thorns in the side of Queen Elizabeth . The perpetual disputes she had with the Roman Catholics , both at home and abroad , gave her great uneasiness ; and the Pope and the house of Austria always found new resources against her in Ireland . The Spaniards possessed themselves of Kinsale ; and the rebellions of Tyrone , who baffled and outwitted her favo write General , the Earl of Essex , are well known in the English history .
The Lord Deputy Mountjoy , who succeeded Essex , was the first Englishman who gave a mortal blow to the practices of the Spaniards in Ireland , by defeating them and the Irish before Kinsale , and bringing Tyrone prisoner to England ; where he was pardoned by Queen Elizabeth in 1602 . This lenity , shewn to such an offender , is a proof of the dieadful apprehensions Elizabeth had from the Popish interest in Ireland . James I . confirmed the possessions of the Irish ; but
such was the influence of the Pope and the Spaniards , that the Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel , and their party , planned a new rebellion , and attempted to seize the Castle of Dublin ; but their plot being discovered , their chief ' s fled be \ ond seas . They were not idle abroad ; for in 1608 they instigatetl Sir Calim O'Dogharty to a fresh rebellion , by promising him -peedy supplies of men and money from Spain .
Sir Calim was killed in the dispute , and his adherents were taken and executed . The attainders of the Irish rebels , which passed in the reigns of James and Elizabeth , vested in the crown :, 11 , 465 acres , in the several counties of Donnegall , Tyrone , Colerain , Fermanagh , Cavan , and Armagh ; and enabled the King to make that Protestant plantation in the North of Ireland , which nowfrom the most
rebel-, lious province of the kingdom , is the most quiet and reformed . Those prodig ious attainders , however just and necessary they might be , operated fatally for the English in the reign of Charles I . The Irish Roman Catholics in general were influenced by their priests