The reception of Sir Henry Sidney by the mayor and aldermen of Dublin after a victory circa 1578

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Illustration from the History of Ulster published 1919. From Derrick's image of Ireland published in 1581. Info from wiki: Sidney suppressed a rebellion headed by the earl of Clanricarde and his sons in 1576, and hunted Rory O'More to his death two years later. Sidney has also been implicated in the infamous massacre of the chiefs of the seven septs of Laois at Mullaghmast in 1578.

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