. History of the Queen's County . ?r- !«av;„ X flf-K OWHN ROB ONlilLL. Inrliait painfi-d m :. liLACK THOMAS K>tli Karl of Ormond. Immiii /(((,//,( llihiiiiui THE i6th century—continued— 457 passed away from those who obtained it so foully.^o The question ofthe cess cropped up again in September, 157S; and the |:^;entry of theQueens County through the Baron of Upper Ossory, Francis Cosby,Esq., Robert Harpole, and others, agents for the shire, presented apetition to the Lord Deputy and Council at Dublin. They prayed notto contribute with the English Pale to the composition f

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. History of the Queen's County . ?r- !«av;„ X flf-K OWHN ROB ONlilLL. Inrliait painfi-d m :. liLACK THOMAS K>tli Karl of Ormond. Immiii /(((,//,( llihiiiiui THE i6th century—continued— 457 passed away from those who obtained it so foully.^o The question ofthe cess cropped up again in September, 157S; and the |:^;entry of theQueens County through the Baron of Upper Ossory, Francis Cosby,Esq., Robert Harpole, and others, agents for the shire, presented apetition to the Lord Deputy and Council at Dublin. They prayed notto contribute with the English Pale to the composition for cess, givingas reason their impoverishment owing to the rebellion of the Butlers,and the charges tluv l)()re fm- serxire against the OMores.^ CHAPTER XVn. -The \Cnu Ci;xtury—continued—i S77-i 583. If the massacre of Mullaghmast was not ade(]uately avenged it wasnot the fault of Rory (3ge OMore, Chieftain of I^eix. In c(jnjunctionwith his allies the OConnors and other Septs (united togithcr in theGeralduie rebellion) he desolated large portions of I^einsU^r, Meath,and Emgal.^ He ravage

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