1642 Shrule Massacre: February 18th. during the war that followed the 1641 uprising, a number of English settlers,
including a Dr.John Maxwell,the Protestant bishop of Killala, surrendered to Irish authorities at Castlebar,in the hope of saving their lives;after staying at Shrule castle in the company of Theobald Bourke(3rd.Viscount Mayo) (then Sheriff of Mayo), for more than a week, the group was given an escort with orders to take them 14 miles toward the border of County Mayo and County Galway, where other forces would assume the escort duty and escort them on to the Galway fort. After provisioning the Maxwell family with horses, Lord Theobald Bourke (3rd.Viscount Mayo),set out for Cong.Lord Theobald Bourke(3rd.Viscount Mayo) handed over his prisoners at Shrule, on the border,as his authority only existed in County Mayo.Edmond Bourke,an Irish soldier who led the escort duty, and a cousin of Theobald Bourke (3rd.Viscount Mayo), then directed his men to begin killing their settler charges. Estimates of the dead ranged from less than 30 to as many as 65.Survivors were taken to Headford by monks from Ross Errilly.Though Theobald Bourke(Viscount Mayo) tried to save some prisoners, and had to be driven away,he was executed in 1652 by an English Cromwellian inquiry into the killings that was held after the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
including a Dr.John Maxwell,the Protestant bishop of Killala, surrendered to Irish authorities at Castlebar,in the hope of saving their lives;after staying at Shrule castle in the company of Theobald Bourke(3rd.Viscount Mayo) (then Sheriff of Mayo), for more than a week, the group was given an escort with orders to take them 14 miles toward the border of County Mayo and County Galway, where other forces would assume the escort duty and escort them on to the Galway fort. After provisioning the Maxwell family with horses, Lord Theobald Bourke (3rd.Viscount Mayo),set out for Cong.Lord Theobald Bourke(3rd.Viscount Mayo) handed over his prisoners at Shrule, on the border,as his authority only existed in County Mayo.Edmond Bourke,an Irish soldier who led the escort duty, and a cousin of Theobald Bourke (3rd.Viscount Mayo), then directed his men to begin killing their settler charges. Estimates of the dead ranged from less than 30 to as many as 65.Survivors were taken to Headford by monks from Ross Errilly.Though Theobald Bourke(Viscount Mayo) tried to save some prisoners, and had to be driven away,he was executed in 1652 by an English Cromwellian inquiry into the killings that was held after the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
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