It is fitting that in the 400th anniversary year of the Flight of the Earls, Newry’s own Dr John McCavitt should launch an illustrated History of the event and times. John, originally of Derrybeg Estate …
Pre 1800
Sarah Curran/ Robert Emmet
We have written of the patriots mentioned in the Yeats poem, with the exception of Robert Emmet. Since it’s about ‘romantic
Lord Edward Fitzgerald
The Yeats poem (opt. cit.) has forever enshrined in verse the name of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. This Irish conspirator (1763-1798) fifth son of James, first duke of Leinster, by his wife Emilia Mary, daughter of Charles Lennox, second duke of
Owen Roe O’Neill
Armagh City Crest
The Armagh Crest incorporates
Arms azure, on a bend, embattled between in chief,
Primatial Cross and in base, a harp
Crest : an ancient Irish Crown gold
Motto : In concilio Consilium – In Council, we plan
Bagenals redeemed!
Gabe Sheridan sent us more details of family history which we consider worth reproducing. Perhaps the new historical information of greatest interest is that some Bagenal descendants opted for the democratic Republicanism of the United Irishmen of the last decade of the eighteenth century! Indeed at least one was put to death for his stance.
Bagenal lineage up to date!
The original Nicholas Bagenal was rabidly anti-Catholic (he lived through the [Protestant] Reformation and it was politically correct, and indeed personally advantageous to take such a stand) ….
O’Hanlon: conflict with Church
After so long in positions of power, the O’Hanlons (and indeed with them, the O’Neills and Magennisses) were wont to forget the allegiance (spiritual at least) they owed to the Church and were frequently in conflict with it.
O’Hanlon raids The Pale
Already the English influence was confined mainly to a strip of territory centred on