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Tag Archives: 1647
Ireland’s Wars: Knocknanuss
1647 was wearing on, and the Confederate position in the south and east looked ever as fragile as ever. For the moment, the Parliamentarians in Dublin looked bottled up, thanks to Owen Roe O’Neill’s army. But the activities of Murrough … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1647, charles, confederates, cork, history, inchiquin, ireland, kanturk, knocknanuss, london, maccolla, parliamentarians, taaffe, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Inchiquin’s Advance And The Sack Of Cashel
As the autumn of 1647 continued in Ireland, it was clear that the defeat of the Leinster Army at Dungan’s Hill had thrown the Confederates into turmoil. The whole of Leinster suddenly seemed open to a Parliamentarian attack, and even … Continue reading
Ireland’s Wars: Dungan’s Hill
The height of summer, 1647, saw the Leinster Army under Thomas Preston, one of the key fighting forces of the Confederation of Kilkenny, poised awkwardly in County Carlow, prepared for a march on Dublin but critically delayed by political infighting … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1647, confederates, dublin, dungan's hill, history, ireland, jones, leinster, owen roe, parliamentarians, preston, redshanks, war
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