Tag Archives: 1647

Ireland’s Wars: Knocknanuss

Posted on Dec 4, 2013 by NFB

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 →

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Ireland’s Wars: Inchiquin’s Advance And The Sack Of Cashel

Posted on Nov 27, 2013 by NFB

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 →

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Ireland’s Wars: Dungan’s Hill

Posted on Nov 20, 2013 by NFB

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 →

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