Chapter XXXIV: Clanricarde and Ireton, 1651

Plague and famine 245
A regicide government 246
Hugh O'Neill at Limerick 247
Charles IV., Duke of Lorraine 249
Taaffe's mission to Charles II. 251
A Lorraine envoy in Ireland 253
Extent of Lorraine succours 254
Terms of agreement with the Duke 256
Condemned by Ormonde and Clanricarde 257
No help after Worcester 258
Ireton passes the Shannon 261
Coote and Reynolds elude Clanricarde 262
Desperate defence of Gort--Ludlow 263
Siege of Limerick 263
Ludlow in Clare 266
Broghill's victory at Knockbrack 268
Capitulation of Limerick 271
Treatment of the besieged 273
Death and character of Ireton 277