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Ireland’s Wars: The Phoenix Park Murders

Posted on Jan 25, 2017 by NFB

The IRB , like so many similar organisations before them and after them, were no strangers to internal factionalisation. It is, perhaps, only natural for an entity obsessed with secrecy and the independent operation of separate cells to develop separate, … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: O’Neill’s Declaration And Clontibret

Posted on Oct 30, 2012 by NFB

In the aftermath of the victory outside Enniskillen, the combined forces of Hugh Roe O’Donnell and Hugh Maguire swept through northern Connacht, laying waste to all English settlements that they could find, enacting a slaughter that even pro-Irish sources are in difficulties … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Knockdoe, The All-Ireland Battle

Posted on Jun 12, 2012 by NFB

It is a “thing” in historical writing to often refer to noble individuals by the geographical part of their title, e.g., the Duke of Clarence is often just called “Clarence” (even though his name was George). I tend to switch … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The De Burgh Fracture

Posted on Apr 17, 2012 by NFB

Life continued in Ireland, but the balance of power was changing. The Irish were in resurgence, having adopted new military techniques, strategy, equipment. The Kingdoms in Munster, large parts of Connaught and Ulster were either unaffected by Anglo-Norman encroachment or … Continue reading →

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