2 quotes by Walter Devereux (1541-1576), English (Nobleman)

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Walter Devereux

The soldiers, being moved and much stirred with the loss of their fellows that were slain, and desirous of revenge, made request, or rather pressed to have the killing of them, which they did all …. There were slain that came out of the castle … 200… They be occupied still in killing, and have slain that they have found hidden in the caves and in the cliffs of the sea to the number of 300 to 400 more.

These battles with the Irish—in this case the MacDonnell clan—were brutal atrocities where the winners of the battle killed all the losers and the women and children with them in the case of the Irish.

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I resolve not to build but at one place; namely, at Belfast.

This was one of the factors that made Belfast so close to England compared with other parts of Ireland, particularly in the South.

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Born: September 16, 1541
Died: September 22, 1576
Nationality: English
Profession: Nobleman

Biography

Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, KG, was an English nobleman and general. From 1573 until his death he fought in Ireland in connection with the Plantations of Ireland, most notably the Rathlin Island massacre. He was the father of Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, who was Elizabeth I's favorite during her later years.

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