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A26013 An Account of the surrender of Limerick, and the particulars of the French's retreat to Galloway with Monsieur Lauson's and Tyrconnell's going aboard the French galleys : likewise a particular relation of the Irish flying in scattered parties to the mountains of Kerry. 1690 (1690) Wing A397; ESTC R4573 1,059 2

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