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Siege Of Tory Island
The siege of Tory Island took place in 1608 during O'Doherty's Rebellion when some of the remaining rebels made a last stand against Crown forces on Tory Island off the northern coast of Ireland. Following their defeat at the Battle of Kilmacrennan, where their leader Sir Cahir O'Doherty had been killed, a group of survivors withdrew to Tory Island, pursued there by Sir Henry Folliott, the Governor of Ballyshannon Ballyshannon () is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 crosses the River Erne. Incorporated in 1613, it is one of the oldest towns in Ireland. Location B .... The rebels took shelter in the castle on the island but it became obvious they could not hold out for long. To avail himself of a device known as " Pelham's Pardon", the Constable of the castle, Sir Mulmory McSweeney, began to kill his fellow defenders intending to hand their severed heads over to the enemy. He ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. The Tory ethos has been summed up with the phrase "God, King, and Country". Tories are monarchists, were historically of a high church Anglican religious heritage, and opposed to the liberalism Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality and equality before the law."political rationalism, hostility to autocracy, cultural distaste for c ... of the Whigs (British political party), Whig faction. The philosophy originates from the Cavalier faction, a royalist group during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, English Civil War. The Tories (British political party), Tories political faction that emerged in 1681 was a reaction to the Whigs (Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
