Chapter XXIV: 1566 and 1567

Sidney prepares to suppress Shane 102 Who thinks an earldom beneath his notice 103 The Sussex and Leicester factions 105 Mission of Sir F. Knollys 105 The Queen still hesitates 106 Shane's last outrages 107 Randolph's expedition reaches Lough Foyle 108 Sidney easily overruns Ulster 109 Randolph at Derry 110 Sidney in Munster--great disorder 111 Tipperary and Waterford 112 Horrible destitution in Cork 113 Sidney's progress in the West 114 Failure of the Derry settlement 115 Defeat and death of Shane O'Neill 117 His character 118 Sidney and the Queen 120 Sidney and Ormonde 121 Butlers and Geraldines 122 The Queen's debts 123

CHAPTER XXV.

1567 AND 1568.

Sidney in England--Desmond and Ormonde 124 Cecil's plans for Ireland 126 The Scots in Ulster 127 Massacre at Mullaghmast 130 The Desmonds--James Fitzmaurice 131 Starving soldiers 132 Miserable state of the North 133 Abuses in the public service 134 Desmond in London--charges against him 134 Charges against Kildare 138 Sir Peter Carew and his territorial claims 139 He recovers Idrone from the possessors 144 James Fitzmaurice's rebellion 145 The 'Butlers' war' 146

CHAPTER XXVI.

1568-1570.

Sidney's plans for Ulster 149 Fitzmaurice and the Butlers 150 Parliament of 1569--the Opposition 152 The Bishops oppose national education 155 Fitzmaurice, the Butlers, and Carew 156 Atrocities on both sides 161 Sinister rumours 161 Ormonde pacifies the South-East 162 Sidney and the Tipperary gentlemen 163 Sidney's march from Clonmel to Cork and Limerick 164 The Butlers submit 166 Humphrey Gilbert in Munster 167 Fitzmaurice hard pressed 168 Ulster quiet 169

CHAPTER XXVII.

1570 AND 1571.

The Presidency of Connaught--Sir Edward Fitton 170 Services of Ormonde 171 Thomond in France--diplomacy 172 Session of 1570--attainders and pardons 174 First attempt at national education 176 Commerce--monopolies--Dutch weavers 177 The Presidency of Munster--Sir John Perrott 179 Fitton fails in Connaught 182 Tremayne's report on Ireland 184 Ormonde in Kerry--services of the Butlers 184 Perrott's services in Munster 186

CHAPTER XXVIII.

FOREIGN INTRIGUES.

Fitzmaurice proposes a religious war 190 Catholics at Louvain--suspicious foreigners 190 Archbishop Fitzgibbon and David Wolfe 192 Fitzgibbon's own story 193 Philip II. hesitates 196 Thomas Stukeley 196 English and Irish parties in Spain 199 Ideas of Philip II. 201 Fitzgibbon, Stukeley, and Pius V. 202 Fitzgibbon negotiates with France and England 205

CHAPTER XXIX.

1571 AND 1572.

Want of money--Perrott and Ormonde 207 Perrott will end the war by a duel 209 Proposal to colonise Ulster--Sir Thomas Smith 211 Sir Brian MacPhelin O'Neill 213 Want of money--the army reduced 214 Fitton, Clanricarde, and Clanricarde's sons 216 Fitton driven out of Connaught 219 Perrott's activity in Munster 221 A mutiny 223 The Irish in Spain--Stukeley 225 Effects of the day of St. Bartholomew 227 Rory Oge O'More 227 Feagh MacHugh O'Byrne 228 Fitzwilliam cannot govern without men or money 229

CHAPTER XXX.

1572 AND 1573.

Smith's failure in Ulster 231 Submission of James Fitzmaurice 233 Treatment of the Desmonds in England 234 Walter, Earl of Essex 239 Alarm at his colonisation project 241 Essex proposes to portion out Antrim 242 Smith is killed 246 Perrott's government of Munster 248 Desmond escapes from Dublin 252 Wretched state of King's and Queen's Counties 253 Fitzwilliam and Fitton quarrel 254 Catholic intrigues 257 Failure of Essex 258 The Marward abduction case 261

CHAPTER XXXI.

1573 AND 1574.

Threatening attitude of Desmond 263 Fitzwilliam and Essex 268 Essex governor of Ulster 269 Essex powerless 272 Troubles of Lord Deputy Fitzwilliam 274 Evil condition of Munster 276 Essex and Desmond 278 Ormonde solemnly warns Desmond 281 Campaign in Munster--Desmond plots 283 Essex struggles on in Ulster 284

CHAPTER XXXII.

ADMINISTRATION OF FITZWILLIAM, 1574 AND 1575, AND REAPPOINTMENT OF SIDNEY.

Essex wrongfully seizes Sir Brian MacPhelin 288 Violent disagreement of Essex and Fitzwilliam 290 The Essex scheme is finally abandoned 294 Profit _versus_ honour 295 Official corruption 296 Arrest of Kildare 297 The revenue--a pestilence 300 General result of the grant to Essex 301 The Rathlin massacre 301 Ulster waste--Sidney's advice 304 Bagenal's settlement at Newry 306

CHAPTER XXXIII.

ADMINISTRATION OF SIDNEY, 1575-1577.

Sidney and the Butlers 307 Ormonde and his accusers 308 Death and character of Carew 309 Sidney's tour--Leinster 310 Munster 312 Fitzmaurice in France 314 Sidney in Limerick, Clare, and Connaught 316 Sidney on the Irish Church 319 Troubles in Connaught--Clanricarde's sons 321 Sir William Drury Lord President of Munster 322 Essex in England 324 His return, death, and character 325 Leicester and Essex 326 Agitation in the Pale against the cess 327 The chiefs of the Pale under arrest 332 A composition agreed upon 333

CHAPTER XXXIV.

LAST YEARS OF SIDNEY'S ADMINISTRATION, 1577 AND 1578.

Lord Chancellor Gerard's opinions about the Pale 334 Drury's opinions about Munster 336 Maltby's opinions about Connaught 338 Rory Oge O'More 340 Rory is killed by the Fitzpatricks 344 Sidney's last days in Ireland 347 Character of Sir Henry Sidney 350