AN ABSTRACT OF Some few of those Barbarous, Cruel Massacres and Murders, of the Protestants, and ENGLISH, in some parts OF IRELAND Committed since the 23, of Octob. 1641. Together with the Rise of the Rebellion. COLLECTED Out of the Examinations taken upon Oath by Persons of Trust, in the beginning of the REBELLION. Which Particulars are singled out of a multitude of others of like nature. With the persons that acted those Murders, and Massacres, with time, place, and other circumstances, are contained in the said Examinations, yet extant. LONDON, Printed for the Author. AN Abstract of some few of those Barbarous cruel Massacres and Murders of the Protestants, and English, in some parts of IRELAND. In the County of KILKENNY. ABout the twentyeth day of December One thousand six hundred forty two, the Protestants were stripped naked at Kilkenny, and whereas some of those stripped people with ropes of straw covered some part of their nakedness, the Rebels set the straw on fire, thereby burning and grievously scorching them: six Soldiers and two boys having quarter given them, were nevertheless hanged at Kilkenny, A young Girl stripped about Enster one thousand six hundred forty two in the City of Kilkenny by a Butcher: her belly ripped up that her entrails fell out; where the Mayor (upon complaint of the mother) bad, away with her, and dispatch her, whereupon the Mother received seventeen or eighteen wounds, and her other child was also extremely wounded, and all forced out of the City by men, women and boys throwing stones and dirt at them; So as the two children died in a ditch. The Aldermen of Kilkenny petitioned their Council, That Philip Purcel Esquire might be punished for relieving of Protestants. A woman and two children in the City of Kilkenny was by the Inhabitants hunted, baited, torn with Dogs, stabbed with skeenes, one of her children's out'ts being pulled our. At Kilkenny seven Englishmen hanged, and one Irishman because he was taken in their company. Twelve murdered at Greige, one of them (being a woman great with child) had her belly ripped up, the child falling out alive, and a child of a year and half old hanged, another of them named Robert Pine (being twice hanged up) was cast into his grave, where he sat up saying, Christ receive my soul, and so was buried quick. An old man hanged, afterwards dragged up and down till his bowels fell out. Christopher Morley, and two English-boyes of Castle Comer hanged; one other English-boy (eight or nine years old) had his head cleft, and before he was dead hanged on his father's tenterhooks. About threescore men, women and children murdered at the Graige, many of them buried alive. County of Caterlough. Richard Lake hanged at Leiglinbridge, sixteen more hanged near that place, two more murdered near Caterlagh, two women hung up by the hair of their heads all night, the next day (being found still alive) they were murdered. At or near Leighlin, bridge, three men with their Wives, and Children murdered. A woman newly delivered of two children, the one of them had his brains beaten out against the stones, and after thrown into the River Barrow. One woman and her daughter murdered. About forty English murdered thereabout. Almost all the English about Gowran, and Wells hanged and murdered. County of Kildare. Ralph Heyward (having turned to Mass) was murdered, his wife and two children hanged, the one at her neck, the other at her girdle, a Dog, and a Cat hanged with them. Robert Woods shot to death. john Morley and his wife and five children, and one john Pliny (after they were turned to Mass) murdered. County of Dublin. About 28. Decem. 1641. The wife of joseph Smithson Minister, was carried from Deane Grange near Dublin, to Stillorgan from thence to Powers court, and there she, and her Servant hanged. At Balcothery, William Rimmer (a Packet Poast) and Mr. Pardoe a Minister murdered, Mr. Pardoe being after cast upon a Dunghill had his head eaten with Swine. A foul murder committed on ‛ Dirrick Hubbert of Holme-Patrick, in the County of Dublin, Esq; the second of Decemb. anno Dom. 1641. County of Meath Near Navan, the son of James Wignal murdered about the last of November, 1641. Mrs. Heiglin, her daughter, and two children murdered by two men hired thereunto, for two barrels of Wheat. Four more hanged, and murdered, at the Navan. King's County. Mrs. June Addis of Kilcoursie (after their going to Mass murdered at her house in Popes-country, having a child not a quarter old, the murderers putting the dead mother's breast into the child's mouth, bade it suck English Bastard, and so left it. Arthur Scot murdered at Disloony having twenty wounds given him, Another Englishman hanged at the same place. Henry Bigland, and eleven more hanged and murdered about Knocknemeis. A woman (aged 80 years) stripped naked in frost and snow by two daughters of Rory Coghlan of Fercalward, before whose door she died. john Lorcan murdered and chopped to pecces. Twenty two Widows, and several others stripped naked, and covering themselves in a house with straw, the Rebels lighted straw, and strew amongst them to burn them, and they had been burned, had they not been rescued by others, who turned them out naked in frost and snow, so as many died; the children dying in their mother's arms. Queen's County. John Nicholson and his Wife murdered by Florence Fitz Patrick and his servants. Mrs. Fitz Patrick blaming the Murderers because they brought not Mrs. nicholson's fat or grease wherewith she might have made candles. Tho. Keys Esq; a Justice of the Peace of the said County (66. years old) and Tho. Dubleday both hanged near Burrowes Castle, and Dubleday shot as he was hanging; both being first stripped naked, and gored and pricked in several parts of their bodies. Amy Manphins. Husband murdered, and she compelled to stand in his blood; and she being stripped naked, was drawn by the hair through Thorns, and after sent away. An English Girl half hanged, and buried quick. Six English hanged up by Florence Fitz Patrick (after quarter promised) about 23 January 1641. Near Kilfeckell in the Queen's County, an Englishman with his Wife, and four or five Children hanged, by command of Sir Morgan Cavenagh, and Mr. Robert Harpols', all afterwards cast into one hole, and buried quick. County of Wicklow. At K●●●krath Park Edward Snape, and two others hanged about 20 Nou. 1641. John the son of William Leeson stripped, and hanged at Baligarny, about 25 Nou. 1641. A young child (a year and a quarter old) taken from the mother's back, thrown down and trod upon, that it died: the mother and three other children stripped naked, so as the said three children died. County West Meath. In Kolbeggan, a boy and two women hanged; one of them having a sucking child, desired it might be buried with her, knowing it would suffer afterwards, but it was cast out, and starved to death. William Sibthorpe (Parish Clerk of Mullingar) hanged. Edmund Dalton and Mr. Moor●heads son murdered. County of Galway. Mr. Adam Nowell and six more hanged, and murdered, by the Lord of Clanmorris. Hugh Langridge murdered near Loughreagh, having received 16 wounds, and his son having nine wounds, and left for dead, yet recovered. Mr. Corbet an old Minister had his head cut off by two young Cowherd's near Loughreagh. The son of an Englishman murdered: a child so beaten that it died within three days. Threescore and five Protostants (some say eighty, some ninety) many of them Ministers (and amongst them the Bishop of Killalagh) for the most part all murdered at the Bridge of Shreel, very few escaping. County of Longford. Mary-ornelly murdered in Longford, after quarter promised. William Steel and four others hanged at a Windmill which is near unto Rackleen. The wife of Henry Mead hanged, the said Henry himself, being placed in a ring amongst the Rebels each stabbing of him, as he was forced to flee from side, to side; and so continued until his Shoulder, and Breast were cut in two, with a Bill-hook. George Foster with his Wife and Child, and the Wife of John Bizell murdered at Ballinecor. One other drowned; Some children there buried alive. County of Roscomon Sixteen English hanged at Ballileague. Nine murdered at Ballinefad, whereof four were children, and one woman great with child, through whose belly the Rebels thrust their Pikes as she was hanging, because the child should not live. William Steward had Collops cut off him being alive, fire-coals put into his mouth, his belly ripped up, and his entrails wrapped about his neck, and wrists of his arms. County of Sleigo. Thirty eight Protestants put into the Gaol of Sleigo, all, except two or three murdered there, the same night, by divers breaking in upon them at midnight. A Friar, with some Soldiers, undertaking to conduct Mr. Tho. Walker, a Minister, his man, and two Gentlewomen from Roserk to Abbey boil, the Friar riding away, they fell, into an ambush laid for them, where Mr. Walker being on his knees at prayers they cloven his scull to the mouth, killed his man, and stripped the women naked, one of the women being afterwards murdered at Ballemoat. Thirty five men, women, and children murdered near Ballesekerry. Four murdered in the streets of Sleigo, and Isabel Beard, great with child, pursued by one of the Friar's men into the River where he murdered her, the very child's feet appearing through one of the wounds he gave her. Mr. William Ollifant Clerk stripped, and half hanged, and after dragged with a rope about his neck at a horse heels up and down, because he would not turn Papist. Another Minister the same time murdered. At Ardneglasse and Screen about thirty Protestants, men, women, and children murdered. Ten men, women, and children buried alive near Titemple, alias Temple-house. County of May. About seven and twenty persons, besides children drowned in the Bay or Harbour near Killalagh, by the instigation of the Friars. Thirty or forty English (formerly turned Papists) driven and forced into the Sea near Killalagh, and drowned. A young boy killed by one that had been his Schoolmaster, a man wounded, and buried alive, a Minister murdered after he had gone to Mass, another hanged near Ballehen. At the Moine fifty nine Protestants stripped naked, and after barbarously murdered. William Gibs and his wife (both very old) murdered at the Moine. One hundred and twenty men, women and children stripped haked, and after murdered at Bellick. About the 20 of Nou. 1641. George Buchanon having received many wounds, was after buried alive. About August 1643. the wife of John Gardiner of the Barony of Carragh, having leave, and two Irishmen for visiting her children at Belleck, was by the said Convoy on the way cruelly murdered. County of Tipperary. Fifteen men and women Protestants were murdered at the City of Cashel, and near Cashel were three or four children murdered by a Convoy. Twenty four English at the Silver-mines, after they had revolted to Mass, murdered. County of Leitrim. Mr. William Lifton and Mr. Thomas Fullerton Clerks, kept two days without meat and drink, then murdered near Manner Hamilton. An English child taken by the heels, and its brains dashed out against a block of Timber. County of Clare Christopher Hepdich, and sixteen more English Protestants murdered at, or near the Castle of Inchicrony. County of Tirone. Robert Bickerdick and his wife drowned in the Blacke-water, James Carlisle and his wife also murdered. Thomas Carlisle put to death, and so were about fourscore and seventeen more. Mr. John Mother, and Mr. Blithe, both Clerks, murdered in, or near Dungannon, although Mr. Blithe had Sir Phelim Oneals protection, and threescore families of the Town of Dungannon murdered. About three hundred murdered in the way to Colraine, by direction of Sir Phelim Oneale and Turlogh his brother. In and about Dungannon were murdered three hundred and sixteen, between Charlemount and Dungannon above four hundred murdered. Drowned at the River of Benbarke, and the Black water two hundred and six. Thirteen murdered in one morning by Patrick, Mr. Crew of Dungannon and two young Rebels did murder one hundred and forty women and children, the wife of Brian Kelly of Loughgal murdered five and forty with her own hands. At a Millpond in the Parish of Killamon, were drowned in one day three hundred. Eighteen Scottish Infants hanged on Clothier's Tenterhooks, and one young fat Scotchman murdered, and candles made of his grease. Another Scotchmans' belly ripped up, the end of his small guts tied to a tree, than he drawn about till his guts were pulled out, that they might try (said they) whether a Dogs or a Scotchmans' guts were longest. County of Ardmagh. Protestants in multitudes forced over the Bridge of Portadowne, whereby at several times there were drowned in the River Ban, above one Thousand. Great numbers of Protestants drowned at Corbridge and Kinnard. Mr Fullerton Clerk, Mr. Awberry, Mr. Gladwich, murdered in the way towards Portadowne. Many others murdered, five murdered soon after the beginning of the Rebellion; one hundred and forty, or one hundred and sixty drowned at Portadowne, fifty murdered at Blackwater Church, twenty drowned near the water of Callon, and several others murdered. Mr. William Blundel drawn by the neck in a rope up and down Black water to confess money, and three weeks after, he, with his wise, and seven Children drowned; forty four at several times murdered. A wife compelled to hang her own husband, with several other notorious murders. At Scaruah bridge, an hundred (some say an hundred and-twenty) drowned more, eighty more, sixty more, fifty more, sixty— twenty; seven men murdered. Twelve murdered, whereof Mr. Robinson the Minister, and his wife and three children were part. Many Protestants put into a thatched house, and there burnt alive. The Lord Caulfield murdered. Many burned in the Church of Blackwater. The wife of Arnold Taylor (great with child) had her belly ripped up, then drowned. Thomas Mason buried alive. Seventeen men, women, and children cast into a Bog-pit, many more murdered. One thousand five hundred in three Parishes murdered; twenty seven more murdered. Mr. Cambel drowned. Three hundred Protestants stripped naked, and put into the Church of Loghal, whereof about an hundred murdered within the Church, amongst whom John Greg was quartered alive, his quarters thrown into the face of Richard Grég his father; the said Richard was after there murdered, having received seventeen or eighteen wounds, after cut into quarters in his wife's presence; such as were not murdered, were turned our a begging amongst the Irish naked, and into the cold; most of which were killed by Irish Cripples, their Trulls, and children. One hundred and fourscore drowned at twice, at the bridge of Callon. One hundred (some say two hundred) more drowned in a Lough near Baltinakilmorrogh within two miles of Loughal. Mr. Gabriel Constable, and his mother (eighty years old) murdered. To the number of five hundred forty eight families murdered in the Parish of Killaman. Three men had their brains knocked out with a hatcher within the Church of Benbarb; eight women drowned in a River under the same Church. Christopher Glover murdered. By special Command from Sir Philem Oneile, Master James Maxwel Licutenant, was dragged out of his bed, (raving in the height of a burning Fever) driven two miles, and murdered; his wife, great with child stripped stark naked and drowned in the black water, the child half born. Mr. Starkey (above an hundred years old) and his two daughters stripped starkenaked; the daughters insorced to support, and lead their father, (he not being able to go of himself) and having gone three quarters of a mile, were all three drowned in a Turff-pit. County of Donegal. William Mac Kenny, and his mother in law, and his Wife (great with child) murdered, his said Wife having her belly ripped up, and the child cut out of the womb. Robert Akin clerk, and thirteen more murdered at Castledoe. Threescore persons that came in boats from Killalagh murdered by the Mac Swine's, and the O Boils. County of Down. Fourscore forced to go on the Ice, at Lough Kearne, till they broke the Ice and were drowned. Divers murdered at Castle Island and Down. Mr. Tudge the Minister of the Newry, Lieut. Trevor, and his wife, and 24 more (some account 50) murdered and cut in pieces at the pass of Ballonery. A Scotchman, an English man, and a Welshman imprisoned in the Stocks at Newcastle, where they lay without breeches upon raw Hides, that their joints rotten; insomuch, that when two of them were asterwards hanged, one of their feet fell off by the ankle. County of Cavan. Many Protestants forced over the bridge of Belturbet and there drowned. Adam Baily, and several others murdered at Kilkelly. William Rocket drowned near Belturbet. Several Scottish families destroyed, two of the Hovies, and Abraham Jones murdered, several murders committed at Butler's Bridge. A distracted English man run through with a Pike, he laughing the while. County of Monaghan. Many Protestants hanged at Carick Magrosse. Sixteen Protestants at once hanged at Clowns. Several others there also hanged, and sixteen women and children drowned in a Turff-pit. Richard Blany Esq; hanged. Seven murdered in the Fewes, Ensign Lloyd and others murdered and one buried quick. John Hughes, and twenty four more murdered. At Tully threescore murdered after quarter given. Eighteen murdered. Seventeen men, women, and children drowned at Ballerosse. Many murdered and four drowned. Cornet Clenton and his Grand child drowned, and many others murdered. About thirty murdered in Farney, two of them so aged they went upon staves, and another had at least forty wounds. One Mac Maghon, Capt. of Monaghan sported himself by thrusting a wooden broach into the Fundament of an English man, or Scotchman, then driving him about the Room, with a joint stool, being much affected at the miserable gestures of the poor party so tormented. The said Mac Maghan and his Confederates at a Feast, after dinner had an English man bound before them, and at each health every one gave him a wound, after which they cast him upon a dunghill where languishing he died. County of Fermanagh. Arthur Campin, and sixteen more with him murdered. At another time 24 murdered. At another time two murdered. One killed, and fourteen hanged. Seven hanged at one time, and divers others put to death. Fourscore men, women, & children, burned & killed in Lugoole. At Moveogh Castle eight murdered. At Tullough Castle fourscore murdered, near Cordiller three hanged, One more hanged. Fourteen Protestants hanged. Forty Protestants in the Parish of New Town murdered. Eighteen murdered. Thirty murdered in the Parish of Clankelly. Twelve murdered in New Town. William Ogden murdered. Sixty, (another says an hundred) murdered at Tully, after quarter given, or promised them. Fifteen hanged at Lothers-Town. Two murdered at Kinnally. The which cruel Rebellion was in projection several years, before it broke forth; and in order thereunto an intercourse of letters and correspondence was settled amongst others between the Earl of Tirone, then in Flanders, and the Popish Primate of Ardmagh Rely, which barbarous design was also fomented by the Recusant party of the Parliament of Ireland, who obstructed the sending away several Companies of Papist soldiers, raised for the service of the King of Spain, which were kept on Shipboard in the Bay of Dublin; And that they might the better know how to put their execrable design in execution, they contrive, on pretence of danger, the searching of the stores: For that purpose it was alleged in the Parliament, that the Earl of strafford's man had cast out threatening words against the Parliament, tending to blow them up, the stores lying under the place where they sat, & amongst those that were appointed on this pretence to search the stores: the Lord Mac. Guire was one, who freely gave money to the Officers of the store. The Parliament being prorogued upon St. Francis day, in the beginning of October, they met at Multifarnam in the County of West Meath, being a Convent of Franciscans, the Heads of the Romish Clergy, and many other Laymen, where amongst other things there it was debated (the time of this bloody Tragedy being agreed upon) what course should be taken with the English and Protestants, about which they were divided. Some were for Banishment, without attempting on their lives, as the King of Spain did the Moors out of Granado and other parts of his Dominions, to the number of many hundred thousand. Others were for the cutting off all the English and Protestants, alleging that the instance of the dismissed Moors was the sole Act of the King and Queen of Spain, contrary to the advice of their Councils: and that if they had been cut off, Christendom had not groaned under the miseries it hath suffered by the Piracies of Algiers, etc. Some others of them were for securing their persons, until they should ransom themselves, or be exchanged, in case they should not accomplish their designs without a war, and being in their power they could dispose of them at pleasure. But coming to no result in this matter, every party followed their own resolutions, some killed, others imprisoned, and only plundered, yet such was their cruelty, that one hundred fifty four thousand men, women, and children, English and Scotch, were massacred in that Kingdom between the 23. of October, 1641. and the first of March following, by computation of their Priests that were present, and principal Actors in those Tragedies, and were directed by some chief Rebels of Ireland, to take the Computation, lest they should be reported to be more bloody then in truth there was cause. FINIS.