Thomas Fitz-Gerald.

A ROMANCE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

Printed by J. Darling, Leadenhall-Street, London.

Thomas Fitz-Gerald

THE

LORD OF OFFALEY.

A ROMANCE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

By Mac-Erin O'Tara,

THE LAST OF THE SEANACHIES.

BEING THE FIRST OF A PROJECTED SERIES ILLUSTRATIVE OF

The History of Ereland.

I doe much pity that sweet land, to be subject to so many evills as I see more and
more to be layde upon her, and doe halfe beginne to thinke that it is her fatall
misfortune above all other countryes that I know, to be thus miserably tossed and
tarmoyled with these variable storms of affliction.

SPENCER's View of the State of Ireland.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

A. K. NEWMAN AND CO. LEADENHALL-STREET;
AND SOLD BY JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN.

1825.

704.

Introduction.

"WHEN shall this Hiberno-mania cease? when shall this feverish enthusiasm to explore all that is Irish subside?" some noble lord will probably exclaim, as retiring to what should be the relaxation of his family circle, his eyes are assailed with the presence of "Thomas Fitz-Gerald the lord of Offaley." He curiously inspects the credentials of this Irish baron, and his anger kindles, for lords even of the first council can have their moments of passion, and no longer display the meekness that their Roman prototypes could com