the artilry captured at King John's Castle to capture other castles in County Limerick. He then tried to invade County Cork again but was driven off in disorder at the Battle of Liscarroll on 3 September 1642 by Inchiquin with a numerically much inferior force. When the insurgents organised themselves as the Irish Catholic Confederates in October 1642, Barry was confirmed as commander of the Munster army by the general assembly. In 1643 Barry prepared to besiege the town of Cappoquin in County Waterford, held by Inchiquin. When Ormond came south from Dublin and besieged New Ross in March 1643, Barry tried to relieve it with the Munster army, but Thomas Preston with the Leinster army got there first. Preston relieved the town but was beaten by Ormond at the Battle of New Ross on 18 March 1643. The war in southern Ireland was stopped by the Cessation signed on 15 September 1643. Barry seems to have kept the position until his death in early March 1646 at Limerick but took little further part in the war. {| !colspan=3|Timeline |- !align="left"|Age!!align="left"|Date!!align="left"|Event |- |0||1580, estimate||Born, probably at Rincurran, County Cork |- |||1601, 23 Sep||The Spanish landed at Kinsale |- |||1602, Mar||Left Ireland with his parents and his three brothers |- |||1603, 24 Mar||Accession of King James I, succeeding Queen Elizabeth I |- |||1625, 27 Mar||Accession of King Charles I, succeeding King James I |- |||1632, 12 Jan||Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Stafford, appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland |- |||1632||Retired from active service for Spain |- |||1641, 23 Oct||Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion|- |||1642, 23 Jun||Captured Limerick Castle |- |||1643, 15 Sep||Cessation (truce) between the Confederates and the government|- |||1643, Nov||James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland|- |||1645, 21 Oct||Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, the papal nuncio, landed in Ireland.|- |||1646, Mar||Died in Limerick |} Works Barry wrote two published books: The Siege of Breda (Louvain: Henricus Hastenius, 1627) online at Google Books A Discourse of Military Discipline (Brussels: Widow of John Mommart, 1634) online at the University of Michigan The Siege of Breda is essentially a translation into English of the Obsidio Bredana by Herman Hugo with some additions from Barry's own participation in this siege. Hugo's book had appeared in Latin in 1626. The Discourse'' was meant as an introduction to the subject for young Irishmen envisaging to take Spanish service as infantry officers. It was dedicated to