They were fighting, he said, for their religion, their liberty and their honour.
Unhappy events, too widely celebrated, had brought a reproach on the national character.

Irish soldiership was every where mentioned with a sneer.

If they wished to retrieve the fame of their country, this was the time and this the place.

[106] The spot on which he had determined to bring the fate of Ireland to issue seems to have been chosen with great judgment.

His army was drawn up on the slope of a hill, which was almost surrounded by red bog.