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Ireland’s Wars: A Summary Of The Eleven Year Wars
My coverage of the wars of the mid-16th century has come to an end, but I still want to bookend things with a post similar to this one, before I move on to anything else. Before I get into anything … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 17th century, benburb, catholic, confederates, confederation, covenanters, cromwell, cromwellian conquest, history, ireland, irish confederate wars, kilrush, mellick island, nuncio, ormond, ormondists, parliamentarians, protestant, rathmines, royalists, war, youghal
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Ireland’s Wars: Benburb
What we call the Irish Confederate Wars were in their fifth year, which is all the more surprising given that the Confederates were yet to really land a really significant victory in the course of the war. When it came … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1646, benburb, confederates, covenanter, history, ireland, monro, owen roe, rinuccini, tyrone, war
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