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A64018 Two letters from two gentlemen lately come from Ireland, and landed in Scotland to a person of quality of Ireland now in London, giving an account of some affairs relating to the present state of Ireland. W. S.; P. J. 1689 (1689) Wing T3466; ESTC R225605 1,911 2

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TWO LETTERS From Two Gentlemen lately come from IRELAND AND LANDED IN SCOTLAND To a Person of Quality of Ireland now in London Giving an Account of some Affairs relating to the Present State of Ireland Licensed and Entred according to Order Glasgow July 9. 1689. Honoured Sir I Have forborn writing to you expecting to have been furnished with an Exact Account of Affairs in and about Londonderry but as yet no such thing is come to our hands neither can we be certainly informed whether the Relief be got in there or not because no Ships have of late come from thence But by Fishing-boats and other shists several of your Tenants are come to this Place who give this Account That the Protestants all about the Sea-side are commanded and forced to remove to the Mountains for fear that if an Army from England should land there they would join with them There is one Mr. Montgomery come to this Town from Ireland who had several Protections from the late King James and from all his Generals notwithstanding which he was forced to leave the Countrey and make his Escape being warned by some of his Friends who are Roman-Catholicks That a general Massacre of the Protestants was intended and that it would have been so before this time but that the Pope writ Letters to the Irish to forbear till a more sit Opportunity That the Irish Clergy and Gentry being earnest to have it done out of hand King James was against it but at last they had prevailed with him to consent to it and it had been put in Execution had not the Pope's Order given a Respit to it You may guess what a miserable Condition the poor Protestants there are in God in his Infinite Mercy relieve them I am Your most Humble Servant W. S. POSTSCRIPT Just as I was about to close this Letter I received certain Intelligence That the Ships are not yet got into Londonderry That on Friday last was seven-night the Londonderry men sally'd out and kill'd 150 of the Enemy just before the Walls That Major-General Kirk hath supplied the People of Iniskillin with Arms and Ammunition who came out of their Hold as far as Ballynefea and drove the Irish before them That Ballyshannon holds out and likewife Donegal That Major-General Kirk has put 700 Men into the Island of Ince who together with the Protestants already there will make up a handsom Party That the Enemy have burnt Letterkenny and most of the Gentlemens Houses in Enishowen That they have burnt Newtown and many other Towns in the County of Londonderry which tho it be to your great loss and many other Gentlemen yet it looks as if they had not intention to stay long in that Countrey which I pray God grant IRWYN July 8. 1689. SIR THis Afternoon Captain Vaughan of Breneranagh Mr. Humble and Mr. Wray and several others came to this place They left the Fleet on Saturday last which at that time could not get up to Londonderry by reason of a Boom laid cross the River from Pennyburn-Mill That Mr. Browning would have adventured to go up but Major-General Kirk would not suffer him till a more convenient opportunity having some other Design in hand The Gentlemen of Donegal with the leave and order of the Major General took two Men of War along with them with intent to land a good number of Men at the Island of Ince and there to intrench themselves In the Logh they met Sir James Caldwall coming to the Fleet to give an Account That the Men of Iniskillin hold out bravely but were streightned in Ammunition whereupon the Major-General sent them a large and handsom Supply Ballyshannon holds out and so doth Donegal under the Care of Sir Albert Coningham and another place of which I have forgot the Name By the encouragement of the Frigats lying in Logh-Foyl Iniskillin Donegal and the Fleet hold a constant Correspondence There are in Iniskillin Four thousand Horse and Foot well armed and Four thousand more good Men that wanted Arms but are now supplied from Major-General Kirk On Friday last was seven-night there was a sharp Engagement between the Garison of Londonderry and the Irish in which the Enemy lost a Hundred and fifty Men some say more The People of Londonderry are Masters of the Wind-mill-Hill The Sheriff of the County of Donegal with some Forces is now burning all the Gentlemens Houses in that Countrey Your House is also burnt to the ground and all your Land depopulated and most part of all that County The Protestants are driven like Sheep to the slaughter Brian O Cahan the Titular Dean of Derry is Commander in Chief in that County having a Guard of Rogues about him and does what he pleaseth there The City of Londonderry received full Intelligence from the Fleet by a Man who swam over the River from about Alderman Tomkins his House Your Humble Servant P. J. The Answer of a Protestant Gentleman in Ireland to a late Letter from N. N. upon a late Discourse between them concerning the present Posture of that Countrey and the Part fit for those concerned there to Act in it An Apology for the Protestants of Ireland in a Brief Narrative of the late Revolutions in that Kingdom and an Account of the Present State thereof The Interest of England in the Preservation of Ireland humbly Presented to the Parliament of England By J. P. Esq All Three Printed for Ric. Chiswell London Printed for Ric. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1689.