The French invasion of Ireland in '98 Leaves of unwritten history that tell of an heroic endeavor and a lost opportunity to throw off England's yoke . d therefore ina certain degree excusable for their acts, no suchexcuse can be offered for the disciplined troops ofhis Majesty, and, above all, for the ProtestantAnglo-Irish militia, who richly deserve the reproba-tion of all ages for a degree of bloodthirstiness un-paralleled in the history of modern warfare. Formonths the revolted provinces remained a prey tothe conqueror, and scenes of devastation and rapinewere of daily occurrence. The Leagu
The French invasion of Ireland in '98 Leaves of unwritten history that tell of an heroic endeavor and a lost opportunity to throw off England's yoke . d therefore ina certain degree excusable for their acts, no suchexcuse can be offered for the disciplined troops ofhis Majesty, and, above all, for the ProtestantAnglo-Irish militia, who richly deserve the reproba-tion of all ages for a degree of bloodthirstiness un-paralleled in the history of modern warfare. Formonths the revolted provinces remained a prey tothe conqueror, and scenes of devastation and rapinewere of daily occurrence. The League of UnitedIrishmen was practically a thing of the past, and theiron hand of the despot seemed to hold the strickenland tighter than ever in its deadly grasp. It was atthis supreme hour of misery that the electrifyingnews sped through hill and dale, through town andhamlet, that a French army had landed at Killala,in the province of Connaught, and was on the marchto deliver Ireland from the oppressor! CHAPTER II. Humbert lands in Killala with a Thousand Men—Career of the Heroand Composition of his Army—Bishop Stocks Testimony to HE town of Killala is situatedon the bay of the same name,on the coast of County is an ancient bishops see,and was founded in almostprehistoric times by Amhley,a prince of the district, who,according to tradition, was ~ converted by St. Patrick, togetherwith seven hundred of his subjects,in a single day. In 1798 there still remained somerelics of a bygone age. Among them were the ruinsof a round tower, erected in the sixth century bythe eminent Irish architect and divine, Gobhan, ona knoll in the centre of the town. From the base ofthis elevation three roads diverged—the main streettaking an easterly direction, winding by the church-yard wall, down a steep hill to the bishops castle, FRENCH INVASION OF IRELAND. 27 another aged structure dating back many centuries,that but for constant repair would long since havecrumbled into
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