Life submitted to crown and pardoned, 1581; renewed submission, 1584, 1586, and 1588; proclaim traitor as being held responsible for the burning of the house of the sheriff of Kildare by his sons, 1595; Ballinacor captured and garrisoned by Sir William Russell, Lord Deputy; proclaimed traitor, with reward for capture; appealed to Elizabeth, but joined Hugh ONeill, Earl of Tyrone; captured by Russell, 8 May, and beheaded immediately; subject of patriotic ballad (Fiac may do what Fiac may dare ... Follow me up to Carlow!). ODNB DIB [ top ] |