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HISTORY

OF

IRELAND.

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VOL. II.

HISTORY

OF

IRELAND,

FROM

THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS

TO THE

ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE UNION WITH
GREAT BRITAIN IN 1801.

BY THE REV. JAMES GORDON,

RECTOR OF KILLEGNY IN THE DIOCESE OF FERNS, AND OF CANNA
WAY IN THE DIOCESE OF CORK.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

Nobis in arto & inglorius labor.

Non tamen sine usu fuerit introspicere illa primo aspectu levia,
ex quis magnarum sæpe rerum motus oriuntur.

TACITUS,

Dublin:

PRINTED BY JOHN JONES, 90, BRIDE-STReet.

1805.