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Ireland’s Wars: The Jacobite Collapse

Posted on Jun 17, 2015 by NFB

The War of the Two Kings was, for all intents and purposes, decided by the Battle of Aughrim. The Jacobite losses, both there and in the immediate aftermath, were simply too great for the movement to remain sustainable. With those … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Winter Operations And Aims In 1691

Posted on May 20, 2015 by NFB

The major campaigns of the War of the Two Kings had ceased with the taking Cork and Kinsale by John Churchill, but, through the winter months at the end of 1690 and into the beginning of 1691, there were still … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Final Campaigns Of The Nine Years War

Posted on Feb 13, 2013 by NFB

Having seen the last of the Nine Years War in Munster, and with the conflict long since wrapped up in Leinster, we turn now to the end of things in the main rebel provinces. Hugh O’Neill limped back to Tyrone after the defeat … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Campaigns And Winter March of 1601

Posted on Jan 22, 2013 by NFB

The Nine Years War had been a vicious conflict. But now, entering the final vortex, it would become even more devastating to Ireland, as massive armies from both sides came together and swept across the land. 1601 had dawned and … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Lough Foyle Landings

Posted on Jan 8, 2013 by NFB

Lord Mountjoy was not a man to sit back. The collapse of the rebellion in Munster and the securing of the Pale’s borders in Leinster were a good start to his time in Ireland, but he wanted to get more done, and … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Curlew Pass

Posted on Dec 11, 2012 by NFB

While the Earl of Essex was marching through Munster, taking the long way back to Dublin and losing most of his army in the process, and before his final downfall, events in the Nine Years War elsewhere continued apace. As mentioned in … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Yellow Ford

Posted on Nov 20, 2012 by NFB

1598 was going to be a pivotal year in the conflict that was engulfing Ireland. After the campaigns that had racked the country over the previous few years, the situation was in a precarious balance. The English remained in place with … Continue reading →

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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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Ireland’s Wars: The Start Of The Nine Years War

Posted on Oct 24, 2012 by NFB

Updated 06/05/2018 In the years following the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the actions of the English in Ireland, and the reactions of the “Old English” and native Irish, propelled the island on a course towards a war that would … Continue reading →

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