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 . was at a place calledBarleyfield, the seat of a wealthy land-ownernamed McManus. Here the French requisitionedsome provisions to be sent on to Swineford, whichplace the army entered early on the evening ofthe 4th. Humbert remained unremittingly in themidst of his troops, not even leaving them to par-take of his meals under cover of a Swineford the army proceeded to Ballahy,and after another short halt continued on to Tub-bercurry
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 . was at a place calledBarleyfield, the seat of a wealthy land-ownernamed McManus. Here the French requisitionedsome provisions to be sent on to Swineford, whichplace the army entered early on the evening ofthe 4th. Humbert remained unremittingly in themidst of his troops, not even leaving them to par-take of his meals under cover of a Swineford the army proceeded to Ballahy,and after another short halt continued on to Tub-bercurry. This village was the scene of the firstblood shed during the second half of Humbertscampaign. The Corrailiney and Coolavin yeomancavalry, under Captain OHara, advanced to meetthe PVench at the outskirts of the place, and weredriven into flight after a short engagement. TheBritish lost one man killed, several wounded, andtwo prisoners, Captain Russell and LieutenantKnott. At Tubbercurry the French were joinedby a considerable body of rebels who had marchedacross the mountains from Ballina. They broughtwith them some Protestant prisoners. These. w COLONEL CHARLES VEREKER. OF IRELAND IN %98. 1^3 Humbert immediately sent back for the same rea-sons that had induced him to liberate their breth-ren at Castlebar. The march was uninterrupted after this until thearmy arrived, on the 5th, at Colooney, a romanticvillage on the banks of the river of the same name,ten miles to the south of the flourishing sea-port ofSligo. The garrison of the latter place numberedsix hundred men of all arms, under Colonel CharlesVereker, who, learning from OHara of the ap-proach of the French, marched out against themwith two hundred and fifty of the Limerick CityMilitia, twenty of the Essex Fencible Infantry,thirty yeomen, a troop of the 24th Regiment ofLight Dragoons and two curricle guns. The inhab-itants of Sligo, in the mean time, became a preyto the greatest consternation, expecting to witnessscenes
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