great struggle for it, 284-286, 363, 427;
‘that long desired place,’ 428;
the fishery there, 447
held by the Spaniards, 406, 412-414, 419
Baltinglas, James Eustace, Viscount, his rebellion, 51-55, 57, 59, 60, 70, 82, 83, 92, 99, 116, 144, 164, 193
Bancroft, Richard, prebendary of St. Patrick’s, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, 134
Bann River, 189, 266, 430, 447
Bannada Abbey, 155
Bantry Bay, 419
— Barony of, 430
Barbary, 10
Barkley, Captain, M.P. for Antrim, 141
— Captain Francis, his valiant defence of Askeaton, 306, 307
Barnewall, Christopher, 116, 117
— Sir Patrick, 470
Barry or Barrymore, James FitzRichard Barry, Viscount (died 1581), 34, 45, 46, 50, 56, 85, 112, 124, 234
— — — David Barry, Viscount, son and successor of the foregoing, 240, 241, 306;
persecuted by Tyrone, 353, 360, 365, 390, 401, 404, 430
Barry, John, 307
Bartoni, Alexander, 74
Basques, Biskyes, Biscayans, 70
Bath, 167
Baxter, Nathaniel, 457
Bayonne, 164
Beaumont, Count Harley de, 314, 454
Becher, or Beecher, Fane, 199
— Sir William, 305
Becket, Thomas, 52
Bedell, William, Bishop of Kilmore from 1629, 473
Bedford, Francis, Earl of, 94, 236
Belfast, 289
Bellaclinthe, 341
Belleek, in Fermanagh, 154, 196, 234, 236, 284, 286
— in Mayo, 26
Belvelly, 87
Bere, Berehaven, Bere Island, 48, 95, 412, 413, 421, 430, 447
Bermingham: see Baron of Athenry
— or Birmingham Tower, in Dublin Castle, 28
Berwick, 40
his smart seamanship, 71;
Chief Commissioner of Connaught, 124, 125, 129;
M.P. for Roscommon, 141;
makes a composition in Connaught, 147;
crushes the Scots at Ardnarea, 151-157, 159;
goes to Holland, 166-168, 170, 177;
his account of the Armada, 188, 191, 192;
his struggles in Connaught, 203-216, 229, 233, 253, 254;
his great strategic idea, 256, 260, 263, 269, 270;
in disgrace, 271;
his ideas adopted in his absence, 276, 278, 279, 294;
restored to favour before his death, 310, 314, 352, 427, 439
— George, brother of the foregoing, 189, 191, 208, 216, 254
— John, brother of the two foregoing, 260, 270
— George Oge, cousin of the three foregoing, 253
Biscayans or Biskyes: see Basques
Blackford, 324
Blackfriars, Dublin, 132
Blacksod Bay, 178
Blackwater, river and fort in Ulster (this is Spenser’s Blackwater), 9, 92, 137;
land reserved by the Crown, 170, 254, 262;
new fort built, 284;
gallant defence, 286, 287, 289, 291;
great disaster in attempting relief, 294, 295, 296, 300, 329, 339, 369, 392, 393, 418, 455
Blackwater River, in Munster, 39, 41, 47, 94, 95, 103, 112, 137, 199, 306, 328, 410
Blake, James, 426
Blaskets, islands and sound, 45, 173, 174, 188
Blind Abbot: see William Burke
Blount, Sir Christopher, 294, 319, 323, 328, 331, 335, 339
Bodley, Sir Thomas, 473
— Captain Josiah, brother of the foregoing, 404, 435, 449, 455, 456
Bolsena, 77
Bonville family, 48
Bordeaux, 472
Borgias, the, 462
Bostock, Captain John, 422
Bothwell, 194
Bourchier, Sir George, 35, 45, 56, 58, 68, 84
Boylagh, in Donegal, 189
Boyle, Richard, afterwards Earl of Cork, 199, 382;
his remarkable journey to London, 414;
his connection with Spenser, 457
— Robert, son of the foregoing, 473
— Elizabeth, cousin of the foregoing, married to Edmund Spenser, 457
— in Roscommon, 244, 263, 301, 336, 337, 429, 431
Boyne River, 392
Bramhall, John, Bishop of Derry, translated to Armagh in 1661, 463
Brefny O’Rourke, 79: see Leitrim
Brest, 11
Brewett, Miles, 164
Bridgewater, 52
Bristol, 12, 25, 26, 83, 249, 252, 381, 415
Broadhaven, 376
Brooke, Sir Calisthenes, his opinion of Irish service, 286, 344
Browne, or Brown, Charles, 67, 77
Browne, Archbishop, 132
— John, 204
— Sir Valentine, 114, 126, 127, 200
— Sir Nicholas, son of the foregoing, 200, 293, 443
— Sir Valentine, the younger, brother of Sir Nicholas, married to a Desmond, 384
Bruges, 145
Bruree, 46
Buckhurst, Lord Treasurer, 265, 395, 396
Buckingham, George Villiers, first Duke of, 384
Bunamargey Abbey, 138
Bunboys, 180
Bundrowes, 236
Bungunder, 70
Buoncompagno, Giacomo, son of Pope Gregory XIII, 119
Burgh, or Borough, Thomas, Lord, Lord Deputy, 273, 277, 278, chap. 46 passim, 295, 439
Burgh, Lady Frances, 287
Burghley, Lord Treasurer, 36;
his exhortation to Ormonde, 38, 73, 89, 96, 97, 100, 101, 111, 112, 123, 132, 134, 135, 137, 149, 157, 158, 163, 166, 209, 224;
friendly to Sir John Perrott, 228, 229;
his consideration for Fitzwilliam, 239, 241;
he makes the clergy pay for the war, 250, 255;
his foresight, 260;
his opinion of Russell, 264, 265, 271;
his feeling for Norris, 280;
effect of his death on Essex, 313, 314, 395
Burkes, or De Burghs of Co. Galway (Upper Burkes), 136, 152, 269, 406, 409;
for Earls of Clanricarde see under Clanricarde
Burke, or De Burgh, Ulick, Earl of Clanricarde, son of the foregoing: see Clanricarde
Burke, Sir John Shamrock, half-brother of the foregoing, created Baron of Leitrim, his rebellion, 79, 81, 84;
his violent end, 119;
his character and popularity, 120, 253, 302, 430
— William, brother or half-brother of the two foregoing, in rebellion, 79, 84;
Burke, Redmond, son of Sir John Shamrock, 302, 309
— William, brother of the foregoing, 430
— Lady Mary, sister or half-sister of Ulick, John, and William, married to Brian O’Rourke 120, 121, 214
— Lady Honora, sister of the foregoing, 79
Burkes, or Bourkes of Co. Mayo (Lower Burkes), 153-157, 178, 204-216, 260, 263, 269, 270, 278, 406
Burke, Redmond Na Scuab (of the besoms), 253
— Sir Richard MacOliver, 92, 93, 147
— Richard, called the ‘Devil’s Hook,’ 178, 204, 205
— — called ‘Richard in iron,’ married to Grace O’Malley, 43, 44, 92, 93
— Oge, called Fal fo Erinn (hedge or pale of Ireland) hanged by Bingham 151, 152, 211
— Theobald, known as Tibbot ne Long (of the ships), 38, 366, 427
— — calling himself MacWilliam Iochtar, 260, 365, 368
— William, calling himself MacWilliam Iochtar and known as the ‘Blind Abbot,’ 205, 207, 211, 215
— MacDavid, 431
— MacWilliam, 44
Burkes, or Bourkes, of Clanwilliam, in Limerick, 326
Burke, Sir William, chief of the Limerick Burkes and created Baron of Castle Connell, 45
— Theobald, son of the foregoing, 23
Burnell, Henry, 143
Bute, 138
Butler family, 41, 86, 308, and see under Ormonde, Dunboyne, Cahir, and Mountgarret
— Piers, Ormonde’s brother, 65, 96
— Lady Elizabeth, Ormonde’s daughter, afterwards married to Sir Richard Preston, 359, 384
— Sir Theobald, afterwards Baron of Cahir of Cahir, 31
Butler, James Galdie, of Cahir, brother of Thomas Lord Cahir, 325, 326
— Eleanor, sister of Richard Lord Mountgarret, married to Thomas Lord Cahir, 309
— Piers, Ormonde’s natural son, 117
Butleraboo, 38
Buttevant, 46
Button, Captain, 401
besieged by Essex, 325, 329, 332, 377
— Thomas Butler, Baron of, 325, 333, 465
Calderon, Coco, 173
Callan, in Kilkenny, 141
— River, in Armagh, 298
Cambridge, 163
Campbell, Lady Agnes, married to Tirlogh Luineach O’Neill, 130
Campo, Alonso del, 408
Canterbury: see Bancroft
Canutius, 78
Caraçena, Marquis of, 425
Carbery, in Cork, 201
Carbury, in Sligo, 208
Carew, Sir George, afterwards Earl of Totnes, Master of the Ordnance 1588, Lord President of Munster 1600, 36, 45;
at Glenmalure, 61-63, 160, 168, 172, 192, 217, 218;
consulted in England 239, 305;
Essex dislikes him, 314, 326, 328;
President of Munster, 353-356, 359-361, 363-365, 378-382, 384, 390, 392, 396;
his services before Kinsale, 399, 400, 402-404, 406, 407, 412-414, 416;
his reduction of Munster 419-424;
his spies, 423;
very tired of Ireland, 433, 434, 448;
— Sir Peter, the younger, brother of the foregoing, 61-63
— Castle, in Pembrokeshire, 123
— — near Bantry, 419
Carey, Sir George, Vice-Treasurer, 345, 395, 436
Carlingford, 141, 276, 320, 369, 372
Carlos, Don, 258
Carlow County, 20, 88, 166, 323
Carnew, 330
Carrickfergus, 8, 138, 139, 141, 261, 289, 290, 320, 322, 361, 394, 396, 418