The Invasion of Ireland By Edward Bruce of the University of Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint)

Early in the fourteenth century the people of I reland, especially those of the northern part, began to watch the struggle of the Scotch nation for independence with a new interest and increasing sympathy. This feeling expressed itself at first in a passive rather than an active manner, for the only direct assistance offered was an asylum to Robert Bruce on the Island of Rathlin in 1306, and a badly managed expedition by a company of Irishmen who had been enlisted by Thomas and Alexander Bruce, which was cut to pieces while trying to effect a landing on the coast of Galloway. The successes of the Scots threw a new light on the English government and showed the weakness of Edward II. as compared with his father, in consequence of which the I rish began to withdraw from his service. This fact becomes very significant in view of the large numbers of Irishmen who had fought in the wars in Scotland and Gascony, a single request calling 1B arbour, The Bruce, Bk. III.; Tytler, Hist, of Scot., I., p. 212. Matt. West., p. 458. Calendar State Papers, I reland (1293-1301), 40, 42, 46, 47, 144; Annals of I reland, in Chartidaries, etc., St. Mary s Abbey, Dublin, II., p. 329; Annals of Loch Ce, I., pp. 525, 629; Annals of Ulster, II., pp. 389, 391, 397, 401; Rishanger, p. 161. In preparing for the Scotch campaign of 1303 the king addressed individual letters to one hundred and eighty-four of the leading men in I reland, both English and I rish. Rymer, I., p. 938. Cal. Slate Papers, I reland (1252-1284), 190,191, 310, 398, 404; Eishanger, p. 414.
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