![]() ![]() However such pacey narrative requires close reading. Equally compelling are the accounts of O’Neill’s defeat at Farsetmore by the O’Donnells and the ensuing fateful negotiations with the MacDonnells. The subsequent peace of Drumcree (1563) collapses when no parliament is called to ratify it. There is the state’s botched attempt to poison O’Neill by having a Dublin pharmacist spike his drink. Shane’s visit to the court of Elizabeth is no longer a barbarous freak-show but the subject of court intrigue. Brady’s is accessible, exceptionally well-written and strong on high politics and Anglo-Irish relations. Shane O’Neill, the great Ulster lord of the mid-sixteenth century, merits a biography. Published in Early Modern History (1500–1700), Issue 2 (Summer 1997), Reviews, Volume 5 Shane O’Neill, Ciaran Brady, (Historical Association of Ireland, £4.50). ![]()
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