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My Deare Lord<\/p>\n
I beleve it will sime strange to you to reseve an avowede address from mee, whous misfortune and Sufferings has bine such, as besides my 8 yeares absense from you; it was made penalle for mee to write, or reseve Leters from you, That by the great and good providense of God that Bondage under which the three kingdoms as well as my selfe has Sufferede, shouldbee now by his Mercye removede, and our Longe wisht for Blessinge of the kings restoratione at the Length Establishede to uss, is such a motive of admiratione and Joy to all; and perticularlie to mee, as is unexpresabell, and indeede hardlie to bee contaynede within moderate [bo]unds, soe as I suspect my selfe not to write sense, though however, I supposs you [a]re sattisfiede that I mene well and have soe much affectione for you, and dewtye for your Master, that I mene well to you Bouth; though my reveranse unto the one, forbides the presomtione of anye Congratulorye addrese, but That, which with all humilitye and hartye zeale, I shall and doe offier upe to heavene for Longe life, and Prosperitie to unto his Sacrede Magesty, which I hope you willbee Soe Just to mee, as to Let hime know, untell I may have the honner to kiss his hands, which I shall indevour, with all the Spiede I cane, as what I Covete beyond all the things of in this world, next That of Seeinge you, which expretione, I know to bee Less a compliment, but more of Truth; then if it were Mixt with Flaterye, and in that respect beter, then if mixt with flateries<\/p>\n
My Lord<\/p>\n
This Nobell Person My Lord of the Ards, whoe beinge the first, that intends to pay his dewtie by the personall tender therof unto his Magesty, soe has hee has bine one of the forwardest of anye heare, upon all ocations unto the uttermost of his power to testifie his Loyltye unto the uttermost of his power and affectione unto his Intrest; and one that has continowede great respects to you, and your Relations, and is soe considerabell for his worth, abbilitye and Intrest, bouth in this Contrye and the estime hee caryes amongst the chife Nobilitie of his owne; as I think it is a dewtie I owe unto his Magestie, and your Selfe, as well as Justise to hime, to give you this Carracture of hime, whous desiers are, what all honnorabell and honnest Men dous ambitione at this time, which is to see, and bee admitted unto the kings presanse, and Likwise to bee presented by you, whoe I doe asshure my selfe willbee very forward to doe hime that Sarvise, as I desier you would anye othar allsoe wherin you may oblidge soe desarvinge a Person, as hee is by all acknowledged to bee, and is perticularlie soe Estimede, by the impartiall observatione made of his Carrage By<\/p>\n
your Most affectionat wife<\/p>\n
From Dunmore the 11 of May E:ormonde<\/p>\n
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Banmharcas Ormonde; \u2013 ag scr\u00edobh \u00f3 Theach Dh\u00fan M\u00f3r \u2013 chuig a fear c\u00e9ile, an Marcas Ormonde
Na Leabharlanna Bodleian, Ollscoil Oxford (Bodl., Carte Papers, 30, fol. 645)<\/p>\n
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Banmharcas Ormonde; \u2013 ag scr\u00edobh \u00f3 Theach Dh\u00fan M\u00f3r \u2013 chuig a fear c\u00e9ile, an Marcas Ormonde
Na Leabharlanna Bodleian, Ollscoil Oxford (Bodl., Carte Papers, 30, fol. 645)<\/p>\n
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Banmharcas Ormonde; \u2013 ag scr\u00edobh \u00f3 Theach Dh\u00fan M\u00f3r \u2013 chuig a fear c\u00e9ile, an Marcas Ormonde
Na Leabharlanna Bodleian, Ollscoil Oxford (Bodl., Carte Papers, 30, fol. 645)<\/p>\n
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Ba \u00e9 S\u00e9arlas St\u00edobhard mac le S\u00e9arlas I, r\u00ed Shasana, Alban agus \u00c9ireann, agus Henrietta Maria na Fraince. Nuair a cuireadh a athair chun b\u00e1is sa bhliain 1649, cor\u00f3na\u00edodh \u00e9 mar Sh\u00e9arlas II ach bh\u00ed air imeacht ar deora\u00edocht san Eoraip le linn na tr\u00e9imhse d\u00e1 ngairtear an Idir-r\u00edocht. Tar \u00e9is bh\u00e1is Chromail, d\u2019fh\u00f3gair parlaimint Shasana S\u00e9arlas ina r\u00ed agus athbhuna\u00edodh an mhonarcacht sa bhliain 1660.<\/p>\n
An R\u00ed S\u00e9arlas II (1630-1685) le John Michael Wright (1617-1694).<\/p>\n
\u00a9 National Portrait Gallery, Londain<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide button_text=”Clice\u00e1il anseo” button_link=”https:\/\/kilkennycastle.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Court-of-charles-II-min.jpg” image=”http:\/\/kilkennycastle.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Court-of-charles-II-min.jpg” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Portr\u00e1id ghr\u00fapa de Sh\u00e9arlas II agus a ch\u00fairt; an r\u00ed (A) agus an bhanr\u00edon Caitr\u00edona (B) ina su\u00ed le ch\u00e9ile i l\u00e1r baill, agus muintir na c\u00fairte timpeall orthu; t\u00e1 ardeaspag Cantarbara\u00ed ar a ghl\u00faine ag bronnadh aithisc; is iad lucht na c\u00fairte S\u00e9amas Di\u00fac Eabhrac (C), \u00c1ine Bandi\u00fac Eabhrac (D), S\u00e9amas Di\u00fac Urumhan (E)<\/strong>, Eil\u00eds Bandi\u00fac Urumhan (F)<\/strong>, S\u00e9amas Di\u00fac Monmouth (G), \u00c1ine Bandi\u00fac Monmouth (H), Seoirse Di\u00fac Albemarle (I), Annde Bandi\u00fac Albemarle (K), agus ardeaspaig Cantarbara\u00ed (M) agus Eabhrac (N).<\/p>\n S\u00e9arlas II agus a ch\u00fairt, prionta le Peadar Stent (1637-1665). \u00a9 The Trustees of the British Museum.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ specialty=”on” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”gcid-4cb7d1ec-1cee-49be-9524-c7e49435d023″ global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-4cb7d1ec-1cee-49be-9524-c7e49435d023%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_button button_text=”Clice\u00e1il anseo” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#000000″ button_bg_color=”gcid-4cb7d1ec-1cee-49be-9524-c7e49435d023″ button_icon=”z||divi||400″ button_on_hover=”off” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-4cb7d1ec-1cee-49be-9524-c7e49435d023%22:%91%22button_bg_color%22%93}” button_url=”https:\/\/kilkennycastle.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-Bealtaine-1660.mp4″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|-862px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is \u00ed seo an ch\u00e9ad litir \u2018dhearbhaithe\u2019 a sheol an Banmharcas go dt\u00ed a fear c\u00e9ile tar \u00e9is di an nuacht faoi Athghairm Sh\u00e9arlais II a chloiste\u00e1il. Is l\u00e9ir go bhfuil \u00e1thas uirthi faoin tionchar a bheidh aige seo ar a teaghlach agus ar a cairde. T\u00e1 s\u00ed ag s\u00fail go m\u00f3r le bheith ar ais lena fear c\u00e9ile agus ar ais sa ch\u00fairt r\u00edoga nuair a fhillfidh an ch\u00fairt ar Londain. Cuireann s\u00ed in i\u00fal an dulagas at\u00e1 uirthi i leith an r\u00ed agus iarrann s\u00ed ar a fear c\u00e9ile \u00e9 sin a chur in i\u00fal don r\u00ed mar motha\u00edonn s\u00ed nach f\u00e9idir l\u00e9i scr\u00edobh chuige go d\u00edreach. Motha\u00edonn s\u00ed aonarach agus scoite \u00f3n gc\u00fairt tar \u00e9is di a bheith as l\u00e1thair ar feadh tamall fada agus t\u00e1 s\u00ed ag brath ar a fear c\u00e9ile chun cabhr\u00fa l\u00e9i filleadh ar an gc\u00fairt. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ specialty_columns=”2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 11 Bealtaine 1660 Banmharcas Ormonde; \u2013 ag scr\u00edobh \u00f3 Theach Dh\u00fan M\u00f3r \u2013 chuig a fear c\u00e9ile, an Marcas Ormonde My Deare Lord I beleve it will sime strange […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilkennycastle.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilkennycastle.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilkennycastle.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilkennycastle.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilkennycastle.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilkennycastle.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14942,"href":"https:\/\/www.kilkennycastle.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14551\/revisions\/14942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kilkennycastle.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}L\u00e9ir\u00edonn litreacha, ar n\u00f3s an ceann seo, a sheol an banmharcas chuig a fear c\u00e9ile tar \u00e9is Athghairmithe R\u00ed S\u00e9arlas II i mBealtaine 1660, na beala\u00ed inar ullmhaigh s\u00ed do na hathruithe a bh\u00ed i nd\u00e1n di f\u00e9in agus d\u00e1 teaghlach.<\/h3>\n
Sna litreacha a sheol an banmharcas go dt\u00ed a fear c\u00e9ile, agus \u00ed ag ullmh\u00fa chun bheith ina theannta i Londain, feicimid measc\u00e1n de l\u00fach\u00e1ir, mearbhall, agus imn\u00ed de r\u00e9ir mar a smaoin\u00edonn s\u00ed ar na hathruithe ollmh\u00f3ra a bheidh i nd\u00e1n di f\u00e9in, d\u00e1 teaghlach agus na do tr\u00ed r\u00edocht Stuart \u2013 Sasana, Albain agus \u00c9ire. I litreacha eile \u00f3n am seo, is l\u00e9ir go bhfuil imn\u00ed uirthi filleadh ar Londain agus an r\u00edr\u00e1 a bheidh ann tar \u00e9is bheith ar a shocracht i nD\u00fan M\u00f3r.
\u00c9il\u00edonn s\u00ed ar a mac is sine agus ar a bhean c\u00e9ile a dteach f\u00e9in a fh\u00e1il mar t\u00e1 s\u00ed tar \u00e9is dul i dtaith\u00ed ar an saol ci\u00fain agus n\u00edl s\u00ed s\u00ed s\u00e1sta go mbeidh teaghlach eile ina ch\u00f3na\u00ed l\u00e9i. Is c\u00fais imn\u00ed di freisin go bhfuil beatha an r\u00ed agus an mharcais f\u00e9in faoi bhagairt ag daoine nach bhuil s\u00e1sta leis an Athghairm.
Go pr\u00edomha, baineann na litreacha chuig a fear c\u00e9ile le p\u00e1tr\u00fanacht a dh\u00e1ileadh, agus t\u00f3gann an banmharcas an fhreagracht uirthi f\u00e9in cliaint in \u00c9irinn a mholadh d\u00e1 fear c\u00e9ile sa ch\u00fairt athbhunaithe. Luann s\u00ed i gc\u00f3na\u00ed c\u00e9 chomh d\u00edlis is at\u00e1 a cliaint d\u00e1 fear c\u00e9ile agus don r\u00ed, agus tarraing\u00edonn s\u00ed aird ar an r\u00f3l at\u00e1 acu leasanna an r\u00ed in \u00c9irinn a choth\u00fa. Tugann s\u00ed le fios gurb ise an duine is fearr is f\u00e9idir na h\u00c9ireannaigh seo a aithint, fir ar ch\u00f3ir c\u00faiteamh a thabhairt d\u00f3ibh as a seirbh\u00eds dh\u00edlis. Go minic, iarrann s\u00ed ar na cliaint is ansa l\u00e9i litreacha a thabhairt d\u00e1 fear c\u00e9ile chun aird an fhir ch\u00e9ile a tharraingt orthu, mar a dh\u00e9anann s\u00ed anseo leis an Tiarna Ards.
T\u00e1 aistri\u00fa t\u00e1bhachtach ar si\u00fal leis an litir seo i saol na l\u00e1n\u00faine mar feictear go n-aistr\u00edonn cothroma\u00edocht na cumhachta \u00f3n mbean go dt\u00ed an fear c\u00e9ile. An sp\u00e1s \u00f3m\u00f3sach a bh\u00ed in easnamh sna litreacha inar scr\u00edobh s\u00ed mar \u2018JH\u2019, filleann an sp\u00e1s sin sna litreacha ina scr\u00edobhann s\u00ed faoina hainm f\u00e9in de r\u00e9ir mar a th\u00e9ann s\u00ed i mbun a cuid dualgas ar\u00eds mar bhean ch\u00e9ile.<\/p>\n