Above : Portrait Of Henry Joy McCracken The Insurrection broke out at three different points : in mid-Leinster, that is to say in the counties of Kildare, Carlow, Meath and to some extent in Dublin ; in the Ulster counts of Antrim and Down ; and in Wexford and Wicklow In Cork there was one encounter between a few hundred peasants and a troop of yeomanry, but the rest of Munster, and the entire province of Connaught, remained quiet. Mid-Leinster.—As regards the mid-Leinster rising, ... Read More

Meanwhile the " little place," as the Pale was now called, continued to shrink and decay. The unfortunate inhabitants were oppressed as much by the exactions of the lords as by the raids of the clans. " Coyne and livery " was still imposed upon them despite frequent laws against it, and the King's own Deputy set the example. In 1416, they petitioned the King to pity his " poor lieges who are environed on all sideswith English rebels and Irish enemies." Four ... Read More