Shane O'Neill (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Shane O'neill The sixteenth century marks the turning-point in the history of the conquest of Ireland by English arms. At the end of the fifteenth century, the English power in this country, never of much impor tance beyond the Pale, had waned to an insignificant shadow. In the long wars of the Roses, between the Houses of York and Lancaster, a great many of the Eng lish nobility were slain, and all their forces were engaged in supporting either one or other of the rival Houses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.