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Ireland’s Wars: The Royalist Summer Offensive Of 1649

Posted on Feb 5, 2014 by NFB

While Charles Coote resisted the Laggan Army and their allies from within Londonderry’s walls, the war continued in the rest of Ireland. The combined forces of the Royalist faction and the former Confederacy, united under the central command of Ormonde, … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The 1649 Siege Of Londonderry

Posted on Jan 22, 2014 by NFB

The late Spring and early Summer of 1649 were dominated by a series of sieges in Ireland, as the newly defined Parliamentarian and Royalist factions came to blows with each other in a much more substantial way than they had … Continue reading →

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