After the death of the Great earl of Kildare his son Garrett Oge (the young) was appointed lord deputy by the king. The new deputy followed in the foot- steps of his father. lie defeated the O'Moores of Leix, the O'Reillys of Brefney, and the O'Tooles of Wicklow; and he captured after a week's siege O'Carroll's castle of Leap, which had baffled his father. Turning his arms next against the north, he took the strong castle of Dundrum, and captured and burned ... Read More