The MacAuliffe mentioned here is believed to have been Major Dermot MacAuliffe of Lord Kenmare's Infantry Regiment, stationed in Kinsale in 1689. Daniel MacAuliffe was a lieutenant in the same regiment and Teige MacAuliffe was a lieutenant in Colonel Roger McElligott's Regiment.
Royal Pedigree
John MacAuliffe of Castlemacauliffe was the reigning chieftain at this time but, as mentioned earlier, this was a nominal title only, as he was by now only a tenant of Lord Orrery. John was outlawed in 1690 and the following year sailed for France with his family. John's pedigree is recorded in "An Leabhar Muimhneach (The Book of Munster)" as follows;
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An Irish Quote
Ireland, thou friend of my country in my country's most friendless days, much injured, much enduring land, accept this poor tribute from one who esteems thy worth, and mourns thy desolation.
George Washington, speaking of Ireland's support for America during the revolution.
So I don't have any yet, but when I do I'll have somewhere to put them.
Much of the material on these pages has been drawn from a weekly series of articles by D.H. Allen, published in "The Corkman' from 6-27 April 1968
n the years that followed the loss of their lands the name MacAuliffe appeared frequently in records relating to military service, both in Ireland and the countries of Europe. Shortly before the Battle of the Boyne, the Irish poet Daithi o Brudair wrote;
While Saint Patrick is credited with driving the snakes out of Ireland, the fact is that there were none there to drive out., at least not in the last 1.8 million years. Some sources beleve the story may have been a symbolic reference to pagans, who had a serpent as their emblem.
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"A gallbhuionn lear meabhruiodh ar gcrochadh gan choir,
Is tug clann mhileadh fann bhrigheadh gan clothram gan choir,
Do reamhruiodh le tean bidh i bhflocas le poit,
Bramfai ag MacAmhlaoibh i gCorcaigh san phort."
"Ye gang of foreigners who planned to have us hanged unfairly,
Who left the Irish weak without rights or property,
Who grew fat in self-indulgence from excess of food and drink,
MacAuliffe in the Fort of Cork will kick ye until he makes ye sore."
(Note that the rhyming is lost in the English translation)
The Siege of Cork by King William. From a contemporary German painting. The defending garrison was commanded by Major Dermot McAuliffe.
"I snatched a stone from the bloodied brook,
And hurled it at my household door!
No farewell of my love I took:
I shall see my friend no more.
I dashed across the churchyard bound:
I knelt not by my parents' grave:
There rang from my heart a clarion's sound,
That summoned me o'er the wave.
No land to me can native be
That strangers trample, and tyrants stain:
When the valleys I loved are cleansed and free,
They are mine, they are mine again!
Till then, in sunshine or sunless weather,
By Seine and Loire, and the broad Garonne
My war-horse and I roam on together
Wherever God will. On! On!"
Treachery
The spot where the Treaty was signed is marked by a large stone - the Treaty Stone of Limerick, seen by the people as a memorial of Irish honour and heroism, and a reminder of English treachery. The Treaty of Limerick had provided also for better conditions for the people of Ireland, including protection of their rights and freedom to practice the Catholic faith. King William, it has to be said, had signed the Treaty in good faith but it was the English parliament, over whom he had little control, who then repudiated it and brought the harsh Penal Laws down upon the Irish for the next one hundred years. After this treachery the call "Remember Limerick" became the battle-cry of the Irish Brigade fighting in Europe.
John was the son of
Florence, the son of
Dermot, the son of
Malachy Oge, the son of
Dermot, the son of
Malachy, the son of
Auliffe, the son of
Conor, the son of
Conor, the son of
Auliffe, the son of
Conor, the son of
Conor, the son of
Auliffe Alainn (from whom MacAuliffes get their name), the son of
Donough MacCarthy, the son of
Murchach MacCarthy, the son of
Teige MacCarthy, the King of Desmond (South Munster)
The "Man of Kanturk" was Mac Donagh MacCarthy of Kanturk; the "O'Keeffes of the hosts" lost their remaining lands after the Battle of the Boyne; the "nobility of Clonmeen" were the O'Callaghans, who fared better than most when, after Cromwell's time, they secured lands in County Clare; the MacAuliffes were the "clan from the smooth green slopes of Taur Luachra."
The Treaty of Limerick
In the battle for the kingship of England between James II and William of Orange the Irish had supported James, who used Ireland as a base. The Irish gave him their support because they believed they would be better off with a Stuart king on the throne of England than the Dutch Protestant William. Their final defence of Limerick and the subsequent capitulation under the treaty signed there in 1691 is regarded as one of the most glorious moments in Irish history.
The Irish army at this time was a new phenomena for Ireland - being well-trained, disciplined and organised along modern lines under Patrick Sarsfield, a skilled soldier descended from the O'Moores of Leinster. Though there were some early victories the Irish, by then abandoned by James, had eventually been driven back to Limerick where they mounted a spirited defence. They held there for a month, fighting off continued English assaults. Seeing the great difficulty his army would have in taking the Irish stronghold, Ginckel, the commander of the English forces, offered generous terms. The Irish were given a choice of serving in the army of England without loss of rank or pay or, alternatively, passage to a country of their choice except England or Scotland. They could take with them six brass guns of their choice and half the store of ammunition. The defenders were to be allowed to march out of Limerick "with all their arms, colours flying, drums beating and matches lighting." Even in capitulation it was a moment of glory for Ireland.
Only 1046 men chose to serve in the English army, while the rest of the nearly fourteen thousand-strong force opted to leave. In the event 19,025 people comprising of soldiers, civilians, nobles and clergy sailed for France, preferring exile forever to life under English domination.
There can be no doubt that MacAuliffes were among the defenders at Limerick, and in the ranks of those who left for France, because soon afterward their names began to appear in the records of the armies of Europe. We have already seen that John, the son of Florence, was outlawed in 1690 and left for France in 1691 with his family. As this was the same year as the signing of the Treaty it seems very likely that he, too, was among the defenders of Limerick.
A feeling of the heart-rending anguish their decision to leave must have caused is caught in the following verses by Aubrey De Vere - a soliloquy of a brigade soldier sailing away from Limerick:-
"Nil geilleadh in Eallaibh d'fhear Ceanna Tuirc faoi bhuannacht,
Na ar aonchor acu d'on aicme sin Chaoimh shluathaigh,
Do ghleiribh gasda glinn meardha min Chluana,
Na d'aon do'n mhaicne o Theamhair ghlais mhin Luachra."
"In Duhallow there is no submission given to the Man of Kanturk,
Nor at all to that tribe, the O'Keeffes of the hosts,
To the pure, wise and spirited nobility of Clonmeen,
Nor to any of the clan from the smooth green slopes
of Taur Luachra."
About the year 1700 Teige O'Dineen, poet of the MacCarthys, wrote the following lines lamenting the passing of the clans of Duhallow;
