A HISTORY OF IRELA A N N D, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT. TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE UNION WITH BY THE REV. JAMES GORDON, RECTOR OF KILLEGNY IN THE DIOCESE OF FERNS, AND OF IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. Nobis in arto & inglorius labor. Non tamen fine ufu fuerit introfpicere illa primo afpectu levia, ex quis TACITUS LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1806. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Richard Hely Hutchinson, EARL OF DONOUGHMORE. My LORD, EDUCATED in a University in which your father long prefided with active Attention to the Advancement of its Excellence, and which has been reprefented by yourself with Ability in Parliament, I take the Liberty of dedicating to your Lordship a HISTORY OF IRELAND, a Country for whofe Welfare the enlightened Patriotifm of yourself, your Father, and Brothers, has been ftrenuously exerted. The Compilation of an impartial Narrative from a Chaos of difcordant Materials is a Work of fome Labour, and, in this Age and Country, of fome Adventure. To gratify any Faction, or indulge any Prejudice, is no Part of my Plan; nor mean I offence to any; but to expect that none will be offended, would argue extreme |