Bantry, Berehaven and the O'Sullivan Sept . s well as theabove-mentioned Cornelius, were with the Pretenderin Scotland in the year 1745. John Sullivan, a nativeof Kerry, was one of the most distinguished, importantand influential men of the whole enterprise. He was atrusted friend and counsellor of the Prince—called byhis English enemies the young Pretender, and byhis Scottish and Irish adherents Bonnie PrinceCharlie, The Young Chevalier, and other endearingnames—when he made his bold dash to recover thethrone of his ancestors. The campaign, in the courseof which some brilliant successes were
Bantry, Berehaven and the O'Sullivan Sept . s well as theabove-mentioned Cornelius, were with the Pretenderin Scotland in the year 1745. John Sullivan, a nativeof Kerry, was one of the most distinguished, importantand influential men of the whole enterprise. He was atrusted friend and counsellor of the Prince—called byhis English enemies the young Pretender, and byhis Scottish and Irish adherents Bonnie PrinceCharlie, The Young Chevalier, and other endearingnames—when he made his bold dash to recover thethrone of his ancestors. The campaign, in the courseof which some brilliant successes were achieved by theScots, was closed by their disastrous defeat at Sullivan was Adjutant-General on that fatefuday, and placed the Princes troops in position beforethe battle. When all was lost, it was he who ensurecthe personal safety of his beloved chief by seizing hishorses bridle-rein and leading him off the field—asNapoleons marshals did with the Emperor after Water-loo, exclaiming Sire, we have lost enough THE OSULLIVAN SEPT 81 CHAPTER X. THE Bantry and Bearhaven people, largely owingto their location and environment, v/ere a sea-going race. They had to do with boats andoars and sails almost from their childhood. Mostof the time of the younger men was spent in fishing inthe bay, which for a long period was the resort of greatshoals of herrings, mackerel, and pilchards, while theelder folk were engaged in such farming operations aswere possible on a rugged soil, wind-swept and drenchedwith the salt mists and sprays of the Atlantic. Tradingvessels calling in to the harbour to land goods or procureprovisions often took away with them some finestrapping youths, who, in a short time, became asexpert and daring seamen as could be found in theworld. English warships, on their occasional visits,enticed many of them to enter the naval service, inwhich a notable number of them or their descendantsrose to high rank. In the Dictionary of National Bio-grap
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