The history of Ireland; from the earliest period of the Irish anals, to the present time . y the garrison of Ross. Yet thenew conunander-in-chief attempted to en-force the rigorous orders before publishedfor forcing the population into rebellion,and on the fourteenth of June he addressedthe following letter to father Doyle, a priestwho was coadjutor to another, named Sut-ton, in administering to one of the neigh-bouring parishes. Rev. Sir,—You are hereby ordered, inconjunction with Edmund Walsh, to orderall your parishioners to the camp on Lackenhill, under pain of the most severe punish-ment
The history of Ireland; from the earliest period of the Irish anals, to the present time . y the garrison of Ross. Yet thenew conunander-in-chief attempted to en-force the rigorous orders before publishedfor forcing the population into rebellion,and on the fourteenth of June he addressedthe following letter to father Doyle, a priestwho was coadjutor to another, named Sut-ton, in administering to one of the neigh-bouring parishes. Rev. Sir,—You are hereby ordered, inconjunction with Edmund Walsh, to orderall your parishioners to the camp on Lackenhill, under pain of the most severe punish-ment ; for I declare to you and to them, inthe name of the people, if you do not, 1will censure all Suttons parish with fireand sword. Come to see me this day. Lacken hill, June 14th, 1798. Roche. To the rev. James Doyle. It was stated by persons who had beenin the rebel camp, that it was usual therefor each priest to call over his parishioners,and that the coadjutor acted in his stead, ifhe was himself prevented by age or in-firmity. Those who appeared reluctantwere liable to censure. 47. CHAPTER VIII. ATTACK UPON AKKLO^y. EARLY at the sametime that the effortsof the rebels in tliesouth thus met withdisaster and defeat atRoss, their comradesin the north of thecounty were preparingan expedition which was not more success-ful in its result. The slaughter of colonelWalpole and his men, and the subsequentevacuation of Gorey by the royal troops,had raised the expectations of the large bodyof insurgents who there acknowledged astheir leader the ferocious fanatic priest,father Michael Murphy of Ballycannoo, tosuch a degree, that this priest talked of hisintention of making himself within a fewdays master of Dublin.* Had the insur-gents marched against Arklow, immediatelyafter Walpoles defeat, they would havegained possession of that town without anyresistance, for the alarm was so great thatthe garrison had fled from it before day onthe morning of the 5th of June and hurriedto Wicklow,
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