Chapter XXXIII Old and New Owners
Further plantations—The Connaught landowners—Their positions—Charles I.’s accession and how it affected Ireland—Lord Falkland appointed viceroy—Succeeded by Wentworth.
Chapter XXXIV Strafford
Arrival of Wentworth in Ireland—His methods and theory—Dissolves parliament—Goes to Connaught—Galway jury fined and imprisoned—His ecclesiastical policy—His Irish army—Return to England—Attainder, trial, and death.
Chapter XXXV ‘Forty-One
Confusion and disorder—Strafford’s army disbanded, but still in the country—Plot to seize Dublin Castle—Plot transpires—Sir Phelim O’Neill seizes Charlemont—Attack upon the Protestant settlers—Barbarities and counter barbarities.
Chapter XXXVI The Waters Spread
The rising at first local—Attitude of the Pale gentry—They resolve to join the rising—Disorganization of the northern insurgents—Incapacity of Sir Phelim O’Neill—Arrival of Owen Roe O’Neill and Preston—Meeting of delegates at Kilkenny—Charles decides upon a coup de main.