The History of Ireland From the Invasion of Henry Ii., With a Preliminary Discourse On the Ancient State of That Kingdom 1
The History of Ireland From the Invasion of Henry Ii., With a Preliminary Discourse On the Ancient State of That Kingdom 1
Thomas Cleland
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accommodation^ or at least a suspension of hostilities.^^* Geoffry^ the English governor^ was in the mean time obliged to make an expedition into Des^ mond^ to suppress the insurrection of the Mac- Arthys; and terrified the country by the severity of his execution. Donald O'Brien of Thomond^ amidst Ann. these storms. was solicitous to secure his own domain ||j^^^- £rom the rapine of his countrymen, and the oppres- sive violence of the English, and as the most eiFec* tual method, petitioned and ...obtained a grant fromRiianr. king Henry, of the kingdom of Thomond, (as it^^7«- is called) to be held of the king during his minori^ ty, by a yearly rent of one hundred pounds, and a fine of one thousand marks. With less eauity, and less attention to the tranquillity of the Kingdom, Henry also granted to Richard De Burgo, represen-P«*- * tative of that lord who had proved so dangerous i^^L^ the reign of John, the whole kingdom of Con- ^ naught after the death of Cathal the bloody-handed, who still maintained his state in this province.
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