CHAPTER XXIII.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 135, 3 December 1875, Page 7

CHAPTER XXIII.

run iiuKu ok tyrconnell, and sarspeld, lord i.ucan. It is si soft, summer night, serene and peaceful, all nature is hushed, the moonbeams play on the surface of the waters, and light up the flowery dells and glades around Limerick. Not a sound was heard for a few brief hours, when preparations will bo made for the coming strife. There was much suffering in the city. The foremost to relievo and succour, out of her own store, was the brave woman, Catherine O'Neill, who had in her own heart something of the spirit of her kinsman, Sarsficld. This worthy general, now Lord Lucan, for King Jamos had ' went him the patent of an earldom, had, together with Lord Tyrconnell, put the town in a state of defence, and had induced the officers and soldiers to make oath that they would defend the rights of James to the last. But in. spite of this oath, there were factious and desponding spirits whose whole thoughts were bent on a troaty with the Dutch King.