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HISTORY OF THE ATTEMPTS

TO ESTABLISH THE

PROTESTANT REFORMATION

IN IRELAND,

AND THE

SUCCESSFUL RESISTANCE OF THAT PEOPLE.

(TIME: 1540-1830.)

BY

THOMAS DARCY M'GEE,

AUTHOR OF "A HISTORY OF IRISH SETTLERS IN NORTH AMERICA;" "LIVES
OF THE IRISH WRITERS; "LIFE OF ART. M'MURROGH;"

HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF O'CONNELL AND HIS

FRIENDS," ETC., ETC., ETC.

"For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues:
"And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings, for my sake, for a testi-
mony to them and to the Gentiles."— ST. MATTHEW: Chap. x. Verses 17, 18.

SECOND EDITION.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY PATRICK DONAHOE,

FRANKLIN STREET.