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Ireland’s Wars: Galway Secured

Posted on June 12, 2013 by

The winter of 1642/43 was a slow time for the rebellion. The colder months were, as ever, a bad time for campaigning. It should be noted that this period was within what is conventionally described as the “Little Ice Age” … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Remembrance: The O’Duffy Problem

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

The centenary decade is all about remembrance and commemoration, of famous men and women, of their deeds and their results. But should we confine the focus of our remembrance to that ten year period, and ignore anything that happened outside … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Owen Roe, Preston And Confederate Ireland Born

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

This is as good a point as any to declare the end of what we can view as the second phase of the Irish Confederate Wars. There are going to be a lot of those, since this was a sprawling, … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Liscarroll

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

If the war was going poorly for the Confederates in Ulster and Leinster, and was locked in an apparent stalemate in Connacht, it at least appeared to be going a great deal better in Munster. Initial setbacks for the rebels … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The War In Galway

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

We’ve looked at Leinster, Ulster and Munster in the course of the first year of the Confederate Wars. But we haven’t really looked across the Shannon to Connacht. The reasons are many. Connacht was no stranger to the general tumult … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Glenmaquin

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Phelim O’Neill still seemed to be the leader of the rebellion, in the absence of any other stand-put candidate. He was the chief conspirator of the initial uprising still standing, and he controlled significant military forces. But those forces were … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Remembrance: Nine Tenants To Follow

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Wednesday was the 97th anniversary of the beginning of the Easter Rising. For better or worse, the Easter Rising has become the focal point of our revolutionary past and remembrance of the same. Most seem to place the start of … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Monro’s Arrival And Kilrush

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

The Irish had fallen back from the failed assault on Drogheda, and while they continued to control very large swaths of territory in Ireland (the amount does bear repeating, over 80% of Irish territory was not in English control by … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The First Confederate Victory And Defeat

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

One of the things I feel I should state here is that I cannot hope to cover everything. Starting around this point, the military history of Ireland begins to become better recorded and more complex, far more than earlier days … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Road To The Confederate Wars

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

So, we come to the Irish Confederate Wars, also sometimes known as the Eleven Years War or the 1641 Rebellion, one facet of the War of the Three Kingdoms, a flowery title for the English Civil War (all three of … Continue reading →

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