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’ U LST ER I N 98 QBpifi nhefi (n th an echntw N OW FIRST PRI NTE D R O B E R T M Y O U N . G B A , . , ’ ' ‘ E ozior of Town B ook of B ogfosz A m“; OFU lj te n ‘ JB eltas t M CU S W D 81 CO . M D U S W S AR AR , LI ITE , ROYAL L TER ORK L O N D O N A N D N E W Y O R K A L L R I G H T S R E S ER VED& C N T E N T O S . PAG E PREFACE CHRONOLOG ICAL L I S T T H E B ATTLE OF A NTRIM ’ R ECOLLECTION S O F 98 IN B RO U G H S HANE ’ S TORIE S AB OU T 98 A N D U NITED IRI S H MEN T H E 7 T H O F J U NE A T R E D HA L L HAN G IN G O F Y O U N G N EL S ON A T B ALLY CAR RY ’ A CR OP PY O F 98 S L E M I S H W ANDERIN G S T H E R E B EL G U N S ’ A S SAS S INATION COMMITTEE S IN 98 G G D K S OR G H EOR E IC ON , ENERAL ALT ’ A L ARNE S TORY O F 98 ’ B ALLAD S O F 98 A L I S T O F M INI S TE R S A N D PROB ATI ONER S CONCERNED ’ IN 98 A NECDOTE S FROM A NTR I M ’ CO U N T Y D OW N S OF 8 . INCIDENT 9 A P P ENDICE S P R E F A C E . HILST a number of histories of the Rebellion in 1 8 i its i i 7 9 have been wr tten , and pol t cal aspects exhaustively treated by such historians as i z i i Madden , Froude, Lecky, an d F t patr ck, the soc al and local details of the struggle in Ulster are fast dying out i i w th the r narrators . It is with the hope of preserving some material of i i i i th s descr pt on , however scanty, that the present l ttle work has been attempted . Every endeavour has been made to authenticate as far as possible the information i i i suppl ed, orally and otherw se, to the Ed tor . The notes i i lk c conta n nformation c o e te d more recently . i i i By the k nd perm ss on of Mr . Classon Porter, B all all A i m yg y Castle, Co . ntr m , the valuable notes ade hi L s R e v. by father, the late Classon Porter, arne , are i verbatim g ven . The local ballads collected by the ‘ M S k immin i latter and by S . are of spec al value , as they i i i have d ed out in oral tradition . Some nc dental notes i and letters have been placed in the Append x . i i i i ri S nce go ng to press, much add t onal mate al of ’ i i in i or g nal value has been placed the Ed tor s hands , i i i &c . nclud ng letters , , wh ch may be used at some i future t me . The best thanks of the Editor are due to Mr . Classon ’ ‘ ’ M k immin s Porter for the use of his father s and Mr . S M L N B S i i d . S . ; and to Messrs C . A tch son , oanhea , ; ‘ M R L A M all L i n . Hugh C , sbur Lavens M Ewart, 3 Vin c omb i L i i John y , to the Ch ef brar ans at the Free and Line nhall Libraries ; and to all other i fr ends . R . M . YOUNG . 1 - 7 9 7 9 8 . 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