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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: The Bishops Coup
This entry will be fairly “action-light” in terms of actual military activity. I always try and focus on that primarily, but you can’t separate war from politics. Clausewitz had it right, it’s not mindless violence. It has people directing it, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1650, civil wars, confederation, covenanters, cromwell, history, ireland, ireton, ormonde, parliamentarians, scots, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Rinuccini’s Coup
On the 5th of June 1646, Owen Roe O’Neill led his Ulster Army of Confederate Ireland to a decisive victory over Robert Monro at the Battle of Benburb, a victory almost unmatched in the history of Ireland. 105 days later, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1646, confederation, coup, history, ireland, mountgarrett, o'neill, ormond, owen roe, preston, rinuccini, war
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