Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland . d to leave them unmolefted, on condition that theypaid him over j/^3,000, and a months pay to his army. But,as this propofal was rafhly reje6led, he took the place by ftorm,with confiderable flaughter, both of the citizens and he gained a prodigious booty. In ftorming the rock ofCafhel, about twenty ecclefiaftics fell in the indifcriminateflaughter ; an incident fhocking to the nuncio, who inveighedagainft this facrilege, and clamoured for revenge. Caftlehaunfays that he put to death three thoufand people, including manygen
Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland . d to leave them unmolefted, on condition that theypaid him over j/^3,000, and a months pay to his army. But,as this propofal was rafhly reje6led, he took the place by ftorm,with confiderable flaughter, both of the citizens and he gained a prodigious booty. In ftorming the rock ofCafhel, about twenty ecclefiaftics fell in the indifcriminateflaughter ; an incident fhocking to the nuncio, who inveighedagainft this facrilege, and clamoured for revenge. Caftlehaunfays that he put to death three thoufand people, including manygentry who had fled to the rock for fafety, and took the prieftsfrom under the very altars. Inchiquin, fays Taylor, was the lineal defcendant ofthe royal race of the OBriens ; but there never was a fcourge THE ROCK. OF CASHEL. 201 of Ireland animated by a greater hatred of his fighting for the king or the parliament—and hechanged fides more than once—he was invariably the bitterenemy of his countrymen, and the favage profaner of the. ROCK OF CASHEL : NORTH TRANSEPT OF CATHEDRAL. religious edifices in which the afhes of his own anceftorsrepofed. His name is preferved in the traditions of Munfter,as the fymbol of everything that is wicked and terrible. Nurfesfcare their children by the threat of calling black MurroughO^Bryan ; and the fuperftitious peafant tells of the curfe thathe brought upon his family; and the failure of male heirs tothe title of Inchiquin. 2 D Holy-Crofs Abbey.
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