The Song Fight Bulletin Board

BenKrieger wrote:Sadly, I have to withdrawal from Nur Ein. I spent the whole day on the couch with the flu and am still sick. Tomorrow I need to do all the work that I didn't do today, provided I feel better. Sucks.

BenKrieger wrote:Sadly, I have to withdrawal from Nur Ein.

frankie big face wrote:I am in it to win it, as they say.

Now, will I be able to stand up from this chair? That is the question.

When Boetius Clancy, High Sheriff of Clare, looked out from the Cliffs of Moher at the two large ships lurking off the Aran Islands on September 16th he was a rather worried man. News of the sighting of ships was coming from all along the western coast of Ireland, and the English authorities, with a lack of supplies and manpower, were greatly concerned. The fact that the English fleet had been victorious and that the Spanish fleet had been badly battered, was not generally known. Indeed, rumours to the contrary were prevalent and it is only natural that the possibility of an invasion of Ireland by an army of such power and reputed ferocity, would frighten the English authorities. This must be borne in mind when one reads the following extract from an order signed by William Fitzwilliam, the Lord Deputy, but in no way excuses the ruthless barbarity with which the order was carried out.

"… we authorise you to make inquiry by all good means, both by oath and otherwise, to take all the hulls of ships, stores, treasures, etc. into your hands and to apprehend and execute all Spaniards found there of what quality so ever. Torture may be used in prosecuting this inquiry.

The San Esteban from the Guipuzcoa Squadron went down off the White Strand. It was a vessel of 736 tons and carried 246 men and 26 guns from the port of Corunna. ...the survivors from the San Esteban were held prisoners by Clancy at his castle near Spanish Point. Evidently some had been killed on the shore by both the English and the natives but all those who were taken, were hanged on Cnoc na Crocaire near Spanish Point. This mass execution was presided over by Clancy, Turlough O'Brien of Tromra Castle, George Cusack, Captain Mordaunt and a Mr. Morton. The bodies were buried in a mass grave known to this day as Tuama na Spaineach.

Records show that the school was founded by Gillananaev O'Caravan Ray, about 1500, and continued in use for several centuries as a centre for the study of the Brehon Laws....With the introduction of English law here, however, their status was again demeaned and some rights which were accepted in the 10th century were not fully recovered until the present century.

Ross wrote:Wow. Just looking over the list of the 10 other contestants in this round with the question, "Which four can I beat?" and thinking, this must be the most solid round of 12 we've ever had. Lunkhead, what does your data tell you?

Lunkhead wrote:Ugh. We're out. We just couldn't make enough time to get a song done this time. Good luck to everybody who's left.