 In short, the state of the country previous to the Insurrection is not to be imagined, except by those who witnessed the atrocities of every description committed by the military and the Orangemen, who were let loose on the unfortunate defenceless and...  Memoirs of Miles Byrne - Page 13by Miles Byrne - 1906Full view - About this book
 | William J. O'Neill Daunt - Home rule - 1867 - 342 pages
...skin and flesh from the head. In many instances the tortured victim had one of his ears cut off."* " In short, the state of the country previous to the...loose on the unfortunate, defenceless, and unarmed population."f Byrne mentions that among the loyalists most active in applying the pitch-cap was a clergyman... | |
 | Thomas Nicolas Burke - British - 1873 - 252 pages
...General Lake was sent to command in Ireland. He says: " The state of the country and its occupation previous to the insurrection, is not to be imagined,...description committed by the military and the Orangemen, that were let loose upon the unfortunate and defenseless population." Then he gives a long list of... | |
 | William J. O'Neill Daunt - Ireland - 1888 - 448 pages
...skin and flesh from the head. In many instances the tortured victim had one of his ears cut off." f "In short, the state of the country previous to the...unfortunate, defenceless, and unarmed population." J Byrne mentions that among the " Loyalists " most active in applying the pitch-cap was a clergyman... | |
 | William J. O'Neill Daunt - Ireland - 1888 - 562 pages
...skin and flesh from the head. In many instances the tortured victim had one of his ears cut off." f "In short, the state of the country previous to the...unfortunate, defenceless, and unarmed population." J Byrne mentions that among the " Loyalists " most active in applying the pitch-cap was a clergyman... | |
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