Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 2 (of 3), 1642-1660

CHAPTER XXI

MUNSTER AND CONNAUGHT, 1641-1642

[Sidenote: The rebellion spreads to Munster, December, 1641.]

[Sidenote: St. Leger's raid.]

There was no outbreak in Munster during November, but Lord President St. Leger knew that he had no real means of resisting one. The Lords Justices had drawn off most of the soldiers, the rest were occupied as garrisons, and p...