Hardiman's History of Galway
Chapter 4: From 1484 to the commencement of the Irish Rebellion in 1641
Battle of Knoc-tuadh, 1504
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Chapter 4
From 1484 to the commencement of the Irish Rebellion in 1641
- Wardenship of Galway instituted by the archbishop of Tuam
- Charter of Richard III
- Remarkable instance of inflexible justice
- Passage from Corrib to Lough Atalia; Fortifications built; Great
fire in 1500
- Battle of Knoc-tuadh, 1504
- Improvements to the city: 1505 - 1519
- Disputes between Galway and Limerick
- Prisage of wine claimed; Orders of Henry VIII
- Lord Deputy of Ireland, Leonard Grey
- Charter of Henry VIII and Mercantile bye-laws
- Charters of Edward VI
- The earl of Sussex arrives in Galway
- Sir Henry Sidney
- Mac-an-Earlas, 1572 - 1577
- Charter of Elizabeth, 1579
- Sir William Pelham arrives in Galway, 1579
- Prisage of wines in the town established by the earl of Ormond
- Spanish armada vessel wrecked in the bay, 1588
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Sir William Russell, lord deputy,
arrives and investigates the state of the town and province, 1595
- The town beseiged by Hugh Ruadh O'Donnell, 1596
- Licentiousness of the inhabitants of the country
- The chief governor, lord Mountjoy, visits the town, 1600
- Saint Augustine's fort built, 1603
- Charter of James I
- Improvements along quays...
- Viscount Falkland arrives in Galway, 1625
- Meyrick Square
- Sir Thomas Wentworth (afterwards earl of Strafford)
- Concluding observations
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Old map of Galway
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The town had hitherto, for a considerable time, enjoyed the blessings of
peace, except the predatory attempts of the Irish may be deemed exceptions;
but William de Burgo, O'Brien of Thomond, M'Namara O'Carroll and other
chieftains, having in 1504 risen in arms, they suddenly invested and took
possession of the town. Gerald, earl of Kildare, the lord deputy, assisted
by O'Neal O'Donell and others, marched against them with a considerable
force: both armies met at the hill of Knoc-tuadh, about seven miles N.W. of
Galway; and although the Irish army is stated to have been the most numerous
that had assembled since the arrival of the English, it was routed with
dreadful slaughter; Mac William and the other leaders were taken prisoners,
and the towns of Galway and Athenry surrendered. f
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