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A Jacobite narrative of the war in Ireland

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John T. Gilbert

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2. Second draft.

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Sources

    Manuscript sources
  1. Bodleian Library, Oxford, Carte MSS 229. For further details see C. W. Russell and J. P. Prendergast, Report on the Carte Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford 1871, p. 63. [This MS is incomplete and comprises vol. 1, consisting of 740 pages.]
  2. National Library of Ireland, Dublin, MSS 476–7. [This MS is complete and consists of two volumes. Volume 2 was in possession of the Earl of Fingall, containing pp. 741–1533. This set was complemented by another copy of volume 1, in a smaller format, of 878 pages. Both volumes were acquired by the NLI in 1934.] The Fingall and Carte volumes are in the same hand, but some passages are only contained in the Carte volume.
    Other editions
  1. Nicholas Plunket, Derry and the Boyne: a contemporary Catholic account of the siege of Derry, the battle of the Boyne, and the general condition of Ireland in the Jacobite war. Belfast: Belfast Historical and Educational Society, 1990. [132 pp]
    Further reading: a selection
  1. An exact journal of the victorious progress of Their Majesties forces under the command of Gen. Ginckle, this summer in Ireland: giving a particular account of the several skirmishes, battles, sieges and surrenders of Athlone, Galloway, Slego, &c. together with the total defeat of the Irish at Agrim and Thomond-Bridge: and lastly of the capitulation and surrender of Limerick. London: Printed for Randolph Taylor near Stationer's Hall, 1691.
  2. Walter Harris, The history of the life and reign of William Henry ... king of England, Scotland, France and Ireland. Dublin, 1749.
  3. Robert Ashton, The battle of Aughrim: or, the fall of Monsieur St. Ruth. A tragedy. Dublin: printed for W. Davis, 1756.
  4. John Graham, A history of the siege of Londonderry and defence of Enniskillen, in 1688 and 1689. Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Co., 1829. 2nd ed.
  5. John Michelborne, Ireland preserved, or, The siege of Londonderry and Battle of Aughrim; with lyrical poetry and biographical notes by John Graham. Dublin: Hardy & Walker, 1841. [Contains: Ireland preserv'd, a play written by John Michelborne, published anonymously in 1777; and, The battle of Aughrim, a verse drama by Robert Ashton]
  6. C. O'Kelly, Macariae excidium, or the destruction of Cyprus, ed. J. C. O'Callaghan, 1850. [An allegory of the war from the Gaelic Irish point of view.]
  7. Thomas Babington Macaulay, History of England, vol. 3 (1855), esp. p. 145. [Uses extensive extracts of the MS made by Sir James Macintosh].
  8. History of the Irish Confederation and War in Ireland, vol., vii., 1646–49, pp. 184–210. Dublin: 1891. [Full articles on Treaty, 1648–9, between Charles I. and the Irish (p 11 of 'Jacobite Narrative'.]
  9. Henry Mangan. 'The sieges of Derry and Limerick'. Nineteenth Century & After, 50 (1901) 459–78.
  10. Demetrius Charles Boulger, The Battle of the Boyne: together with an account based on French and other unpublished records of the war in Ireland (1688–1691) and of the formation of the Irish brigade ... France. London: Seeker, 1911.
  11. J. M. Flood, The sieges of Limerick, 1690–91; a narrative based on contemporary sources. Limerick: Limerick Leader, 1944.
  12. D. Murtagh, 'Origins of Irish nationalism'. Studies; an Irish quarterly review, 39 (1950) 87–90.
  13. J. Jordan, 'Würtemberg at Limerick, 1690'. Studies; an Irish quarterly review, 43 (1954) 219–25.
  14. J(ohn) G(erard) Simms, 'The surrender of Limerick, 1691'. Irish Sword, 2:1 (1954) 23–28.
  15. J. G. Simms, The Williamite confiscation in Ireland, 1690–1703; London: Faber and Faber, 1956.
  16. J. G. Simms, 'Eye-witnesses of the Boyne'. Irish Sword, 6:22 (1963–4) 16–27.
  17. J. G. Simms, 'The siege of Derry (1689)'. Irish Sword, 6:25 (1963–4) 221–33.
  18. J. G. Simms, The Jacobite Parliament of 1689, Dundalk: Dundalgan, 1966.
  19. J. G. Simms, The siege of Derry, Dublin: APCK, 1966.
  20. J. G. Simms, 'The Restoration and the Jacobite War (1660–91)'. In: The course of Irish history, eds. T. W. Moody & F. X. Martin (Cork and New York, 1967) 204–16.
  21. J. G. Simms, Jacobite Ireland 1685–91, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969.
  22. Michael Hewson, 'Robert Stearne's diary of the Williamite campaign'. An Cosantóir, 33 (1977) 49–53.
  23. Sheila Mulloy, 'French eye-witness of the Boyne'. Irish Sword, 15 (1982) 105–111.
  24. P. Kelly, '"A light to the blind" the voice of the dispossessed elite in the generation after the defeat at Limerick'. Irish Historical Studies, 24 (1985) 431–62.
  25. J. G. Simms, War and politics in Ireland: 1649–1730; edited by D.W. Hayton and Gerard O'Brien. London: Hambledon, 1986
  26. Patrick Macrory, The siege of Derry, Oxford: Oxford U.P., 1988
  27. Peter McCartney, The siege of Derry, 1689. Derry: Guildhall Press, 1988.
  28. D. Murtagh, H. Murtagh, 'The Irish Jacobite army, 1689–91'. Irish Sword, 18 (1990) 32–48.
  29. Michael Lloyd, Eamon O'Flaherty, 'A descriptive poem of Limerick in 1690'. Old Limerick Journal, 28 (1990) 34–36.
  30. Kevin Hannan, 'The topography of the siege'. Old Limerick Journal, 28 (1990) 37–39.
  31. J. G. Simms, 'The siege of Limerick, 1690'. Old Limerick Journal, 28 (1990) 52–56.
  32. Laurence Walsh, 'Diary of the siege of Limerick from contemporary sources'. Old Limerick Journal, 28 (1990) 59–71.
  33. John Stevens, 'The journal of John Stevens'; introduction by Laurence Walsh. Old Limerick Journal, 28 (1990) 74–88.
  34. Pieter Tesch, 'The Dutch at Limerick'. Old Limerick Journal, 28 (1990) 135–143.
  35. Robert Murray, 'The Diary of Bonnivert, 1690'. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 30 (1913) C, 331–341.
  36. Jim Kemmy, 'A wayward wild goose: Peter Drake's memoir of the siege'. Old Limerick Journal, 28 (1990) 177–180.
  37. Samuel Mullenaux, 'Diary of the siege of Limerick'; introduced by Laurence Walsh. Old Limerick Journal, 28 (1990) 191–200.
  38. Kevin Hannan, 'The walls of Limerick'. Old Limerick Journal, 28 (1990) 210–211.
  39. Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay. 'The siege of Limerick'. Old Limerick Journal, 28 (1990) 224–227.
  40. Breeda Tuite, 'Battle of the Boyne'. Journal of the Old Drogheda Society, 7 (1990) 49–56.
  41. James McGuire, 'James II and Ireland, 1685–1690'. In: W.A. Maguire (ed.) Kings in conflict: the revolutionary war in Ireland and its aftermath, 1689–1750 (Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1990) 45–57.
  42. Frank Noonan, The sieges and Treaty of Limerick (1690–1691) The Irish heritage series, 70. Dublin: Eason, 1991.
  43. John James Noel McGurk, 'Wild geese: the Irish in European armies (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries)'. In: Patrick O'Sullivan, (ed.), The Irish world wide, vol. 1: patterns of migration (London: Leicester University Press, 1992) 36–62.
  44. John Kinross, The Boyne and Aughrim: the war of the two kings. [Gloucestershire]: Windrush Press, 1997.
  45. T. G. Fraser, 'The siege: its history and legacy 1688–1889'. In: Gerard O'Brien (ed.) Derry and Londonderry: history and society: interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county (Dublin: Geography Publications, 1999) 379–404.
  46. Kenneth Wiggins, Anatomy of a siege: the siege of King John's Castle, Limerick, 1642. Bray: Wordwell, 2000.
  47. William Kelly (ed.) The sieges of Derry. Dublin: Four Courts, 2001.
  48. Thomas Fraser, 'The siege of Derry'. The Glynns: Journal of the Glens of Antrim Historical Society, 28 (2000) 4–10.
  49. Irish Law texts on the Internet; especially "Penal Statutes passed in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I, William and Mary, King William III, Queen Anne, King George I and II" at the website of the Law School of the University of Minnesota, at http://www.law.umn.edu/irishlaw/.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. A Jacobite narrative of the war in Ireland. unknownJohn T. Gilbert (ed), Photolithographic facsimile of first edition 1892Shannon University PressShannon (1971)

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Created: by an unknown author (possibly Nicholas Plunket of Dunsoghly) (c. 1703?)

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Language: [EN] The text is in English.
Language: [LA] Some phrases are in Latin.
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