All the colours were taken, which Jones 'could not be persuaded to be brought into Dublin in triumph, as savouring (said he) of ostentation, and attributing unto men the glory of this great work due to the Lord only,' but there was a public thanksgiving in all the city churches.[112] [Sidenote: The Parliament neglect Ireland.] [Sidenote: Victories of Inchiquin.] [Sidenote: Dungarvan.] [Sidenote: Bunratty.] [Sidenote: Adare.] The House of Commons voted 1000_l._ each to Jones and to Fenwick, who commanded at Trim, 500_l._ to Colonel Conway, 200_l._, to Tichborne, who commanded the rear guard, and 100_l._ to Colonel Culme, who brought the letter. They also talked about sending provisions, but these were long delayed. One thousand five hundred pounds borrowed on personal security was looked upon as a god-send. Preston retired to Carlow, giving up Naas and other places in Kildare, and busied himself in collecting another army. In the meantime Inchiquin had become formidable in Munster. Early in May 1647 he took Cappoquin, where there was no powder to fire a shot, and Dromana, where the garrison only fired four or five. Inchiquin had studied these places, and in 1642 had pointed out how easy it would be to take Dromana and how troublesome to take Dungarvan. The latter did in fact make a stout resistance, but Inchiquin made himself master of the water-supply, which soon settled the matter. All the garrisons were allowed to march out with military honours, 'but some twenty Englishmen of the red-coats that had run to the rebels were hanged.' Three thousand cows and two thousand sheep were cut out from under the walls of Waterford. Dungarvan, being a seaport, completed Inchiquin's chain of posts from Kinsale to the mouth of the Suir, and its loss was much felt by the Confederates. The victor has a bad name, but many grumbled at his comparative lenity. Rinuccini attributed these disasters to general dissension among high and low, and to the non-payment of the soldiers. About midsummer Inchiquin invaded the county Limerick, and destroyed many castles, forced the passage of the Mulkear at or near Barrington's Bridge, and plundered the country up to the Shannon. A party crossed where O'Brien's Bridge had once stood, and the terrified Irish of Clare burned Bunratty, which had been so troublesome to take. Inchiquin then returned to Cork to rest his troops, who were 'generally barefooted and extreme naked,' but scarcely hungry after driving homewards 8000 cows and 5000 sheep. In the meantime Colonel Byron, starting from the new base at Dungarvan and Cappoquin, took Castle Grace in Tipperary, 'put the rogues to the sword,' entered Limerick and stormed Adare 'where four friars were burned and three took prisoners.' Byron's party also drove off between two and three thousand cattle. Seven thousand pounds were voted to Inchiquin by Parliament about the same time, and Preston's defeat at Dungan Hill greatly increased his relative strength.[113]