38/50 It could not be called a war of races, except perhaps during the first century, for English and Irish are constantly found fighting under the same banner, according to the varying interests of the rival lords and princes of both nations. This was the case even from the commencement.'[1] [Footnote 1: Vol.i. p.216.] Many persons have wondered at the success of small bands of English invaders. Why did not the Irish nation rise _en masse_, and drive them into the sea? |