Lives of the Irish MartyrsThe Christian zeal and devotion of the founders of the primitive church in Ireland were only equaled by the great sacrifices and sufferings; endured alike by priests and people, during the fierce and bloody persecutions inaugurated by the Reformers under the sacred garb of religion.The fanatical followers of Mohammed propagated the doctrines of the Koran by the sword; but the Reformers, bloodier far, prostituted the name of religion, and glorified the sacred name of God with their lips, while they butchered his faithful ministers and people, or tortured them in mockery and sport.The persecution, which commenced under Henry, in the early part of the sixteenth century, gradually increased in intensity and cruelty, until it culminated in the middle of the seventeenth, in the most bloody and exterminating scenes on record.England readily embraced Protestantism, Ireland remained Catholic; hence, the war of supremacy and conquest carried on by the former was intensified by all the acerbity of religious hate and fanaticism; and though the roll of those who suffered death for the faith might be said to close with 1745, still the persecutions for religion's sake have come down to our own days. |
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Contents
Remarks on the state of the Catholic Church in IrelandReign | 17 |
THE CHURCH IN IRELAND UNDER EDWARD | 29 |
LEVEROUS AND OTHER BISHOPS PERSECUTED | 47 |
Bishop 0Hurleys persecutionsHis triumphHis life and martyr | 61 |
FEARFUL INCREASE OF RELIGIOUS AND POLI | 73 |
THE FRANCISCANS PERSECUTED | 87 |
The Catholics rejoice at the accession of JamesBeligious toleration | 104 |
BISHOP 0DOVANYS MARTYRDOM | 114 |
FRESH PERSECUTION AND TORTURE | 139 |
HTJBROUGE TEE BURNER | 157 |
CROMWELLS CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND | 167 |
TEE PURITANS IN IRELAND | 177 |
Bishop Heber MacMahon assumes the command of ONeills army | 188 |
THE IRISH EXPELLED AND HANGED | 211 |
NEW PLOTS AND PERSECUTIONS | 220 |
THE DAWN OF TOLERATION | 236 |
CHICHESTERS TREACHEROUS PLOTS | 124 |
Beign of Charles I His leaning towards CatholicityInfluence | 131 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lives of the Irish Martyrs |
| Author | David Power Conyngham |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | The Minerva Group, Inc., 2001 |
| ISBN | 1589632575, 9781589632578 |
| Length | 264 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / Ireland Religion / Christianity / Catholic Religion / Christianity / History |
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