John the son of William Leeson stripped and hanged at Balligarny, November 1641.

A young child of a year and quarter old, the deponent's, taken from her back, thrown and trodden upon, that it died; the mother and three other children stripped naked, so as the said children died this was done upon the lands of Bordkillamore about the 11th of November 1641.

A COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE MASSACRES AND MURDERS COMMITTED ON THE IRISH

IN IRELAND

SINCE THE 23d oF OCTOBER, 1641.

County of Antrim.

1641. ABOUT the beginning of November the English and Scots forces in Cnockfergus murdered in one night all the inhabitants of the territory of the island Gee, to the number of above three thousand men, women, and children, all innocent persons, in a time when none of the catholics of that county were in arms or rebellion. Note, that this was the first massacre committed in Ireland of either side.

1641. Mr. Mac Naghten having built a small fortress in the said county, to preserve himself and his followers from outrages, until he had understood what the cause of the then rebellion was, as soon as colonel Campbel came near with part of the army, he sent to let him know that he would come to him with his party, which he did, and they were next day murdered to the number of eighty by sir John Clothworthy, now lord Masselin, his soldiers.

About the same time a hundred poor women and children were murdered in one night, at a place called Balliaghiun, by direction of the English and Scots officers commanding in that county.

County of Derry.

1641. Some three hundred, men, women, and children of the Irish, having freely come under the protection of the garrison of Londonderry, were stripped, plundered, and killed by the said garrison.

1644. Mr. Morris, Mr. Daniel, natural son to the late earl Antrim, was hanged at Coolrane by the governor's orders, notwithstanding he had colonel Michael Jones's pass.

County of Down.

1641. The burgesses and inhabitants of the town of Newry, meeting the English army on their march to besiege the castle of the said town, were received into protection, and after quarter given to the garrison of the said castle, the said inhabitants, and the soldiers of the said garrison, to the number of five hundred and upwards, men, women, and children, were brought on the bridge of the Newry, and thrown into the river, and such of them as endeavoured to escape by swimming were murdered.

County of Donegal.

1641. About the 20th of November sir William Steward commanded the gentry and inhabitants of that county to join with his forces in opposition to the rebels, and accordingly they came to the place appointed, where captain Cunningham with a party of the said sir William's regiment, under pretence of incorporating with them, fell upon the inhabitants with his armed soldiers, and killed very many of them, among whom were Owen Mac Sherney, Morris O'Farey, and Donnagh O'Callan, gentlemen of quality and estates.

About the same time captain Flemming, and other officers of the said regiment, commanding a party, smothered to death two hundred and twenty women and children in two caves.

About the same time the aforesaid captain Cunningham murdered about sixty-three women and children in the isles of Rosse.

1641. The governor of Letter Kenny gathered together on a Sunday morning fifty-three poor people, most of them women and children, and caused them to be thrown off the bridge into the river, and drowned them all.

1641. In November, one Reading murdered the wife and three children of Shane O'Morhghy in a place called Ballikenny of Ramalton, and after her death cut off her breasts with his sword.

1641, 1642. The garrisons of Rapho, Drombo, Lifford, and Castle-raghen, slaughtered no less than fifteen hundred of the poor neighbouring inhabitants, never in arms, and three persons were chiefly noted among them for their barbarous cruelty, by name James Graham, Henry Dugan, and Robert Cunningham, commonly called the killer of old women.

1641, 1642. About two thousand poor labourers, women and children, of the barony of Terhu were massacred by the garrisons of Bellashanny and Donegal; and lieutenant Thomas Poe, an officer among them, coming under colour of friendship to visit a neighbour that lay sick in his bed, and to whom he owed money, carried a naked dagger under his cloak, which (whilst he seemed to bow towards the sick man in a friendly manner, asking how he did) he thrust it into his body, and told his wife her husband should be no longer sick, and so killed him.

1650. In the month of June, about three thousand horse and foot of his majesty's army, being defeated near Letter Kenny by the English rebels adhering to Cromwell, most of the principal officers of the said party, taken prisoners in the battle, were killed in cold blood by order of sir Charles Coot, late lord of Montrath, notwithstanding they had quarter from the officers who took them prisoners.

County of Monagham.

1641. Captain Townsley, governor of Magherneckle, killed four labourers and a woman, being under protection.

Captain Bromwel, governor of Clunes, meeting upon the road with Mr. Charles O'Connelly, a gentleman living under his protection, caused him to be shot to death.

1641. The soldiers of the garrisons of Dundalk and Trim killed no less than five hundred poor innocent persons, women and children, in that county.

1641, 1642. The armies of Montroe and the Legan, in their several marches through that country, slaughtered about two thousand poor old men, women, and children.

1652. Colonel Barrow, of Cromwell's army, having taken an island defended by lieutenant colonel Patrick, Mr. Mahon for his majesty, after killing the said lieutenant colonel and his soldiers, put all the women and children to the sword, to the number of eighty, among whom a little pretty child of six years old, being spared by the soldiers, was killed by order of the said colonel Barrow.

County of Cavan.

1641. Mr. De la Pool, an English gentleman, having taken lands in that county some years before the war, invited several

of his friends to come out of England, and live with him, who were all murdered in their houses by the army, (only the said De la Pool, who was brought into the town of Cavan, and there hanged,) for no other reason but their being Roman catholics, and living among the Irish.

1641. Sir Alexander Godren and his lady, being Scotch, but Roman catholics, each of them above seventy years old, were plundered of their goods, and stripped naked, and all their tenants, servants, and all their sons murdered.

In the same year the English forces in this county drowned six hundred men, women, and children, in and about Butler'sbridge, no murders having been committed on any protestants there, although in the pamphlet lately printed several murders are said to be committed in that place.

County of Mayo.

In this county few murders were committed by either side, though the libel saith, that about two hundred and fifty protestants were murdered, whereof at Bellicke two hundred and twenty, whereas not one person was murdered there, which the now lady of Montrath can witness her ladyship, sir Robert Hanna her father, with many others, being retreated thither for security, were all conveyed safe to Mannor Hamilton; and it is observable, that the said lady and the rest came to Mr. Owen O'Rorrkes, who kept a garrison at Drumahier for the Irish, before they came to Mannor Hamilton, whose brother was prisoner with sir Frederick Hamilton; and the said M. Rorrk, having so many persons of quality in his hand, sent to sir Frederick to enlarge his brother, and that he would convey them all safe to him sir Frederick instead of an enlarging his brother, hanged him the next day after he received the message, which might have well provoked the gentleman to a revenge, if he had not more humanity than could be well expected upon such an occasion and in times of so great confusion, yet he sent them all safe where they desired.

There was a murder committed near the Moyn on twentyseven protestants, which was all (and that too many) that was committed in that county. Buchanan, said to be buried alive, was killed in a private quarrel, and he cut off his adversary's hand before himself was killed.