A genealogical history of Irish families : with their crests and armorial bearings (1895)
Rooney, John, b. 1837 · [New York : Cherouny ptg. & pub. co.,] · leaf 229
ore the shock, but rallied andfought with stubborn valor, but quickly under the combined assaultbroke in confusion and ran pell-mell, tumbling over one another and ofthe dead that cumbered the ground. The entire affair lasted less thanten minutes, but those minutes were pregnant of momentous… … GENEALOGY OF IRISH FAMILIES. 69 class power to the status she occupies to-day. The brigade, however,suffered fearfully; one-fourth of its officers, including the gallant ColonelDillon, aud one-third of the rank aud file being slain. Thomas Davis describes this memorable event in the…
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