Tag Archives: 1603

Ireland’s Wars: The Flight Of The Earls

Posted on Sep 25, 2018 by NFB

The Nine Years War was finished, the English triumphant and the Irish rebels defeated. What was left was the aftermath. In this postbellum period, we must first look to some bizarre happenings further south, a strange half-rebellion that erupted in … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Mellifont

Posted on Sep 18, 2018 by NFB

The Nine Years War had reached its ninth year. The winter of 1602/03 had been a bitter one for the population of Ulster, and Ireland in general, who struggled to survive amidst the scourge of a famine, the weather and … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Mellifont

Posted on Feb 20, 2013 by NFB

The Nine Years War had reached its ninth year. The winter of 1602/03 had been a bitter one for the population of Ulster, and Ireland in general, who struggled to survive amidst the scourge of a famine, the weather and … Continue reading →

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