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Ireland’s Wars: The Four Fronts From 1595 To 1597

Posted on Nov 6, 2012 by NFB

As 1595 wound down and 1596 began, the Nine Years War continued in its haphazard manner, still yet to evolve into the all or nothing struggle it was later to be defined as. In truth, around this period, the Nine … 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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