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Ireland’s Wars: The Rising In Ulster

Posted on Apr 23, 2019 by NFB

It is fair to say that the northern nine counties of Ireland frequently get a raw deal when it comes to the remembrance of the Irish revolutionary period, to the extent that you may be forgiven for thinking that nothing … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The End In Tyrone

Posted on Sep 11, 2018 by NFB

This is the second part of what was originally a single article, since split into two as part of a re-editing process. The first part can be found here. The English had routed the main Irish rebel armies and pacified … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 22, 2018 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: Benburb

Posted on Oct 16, 2013 by NFB

What we call the Irish Confederate Wars were in their fifth year, which is all the more surprising given that the Confederates were yet to really land a really significant victory in the course of the war. When it came … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Rebellion Of Cahir O’Doherty

Posted on Mar 13, 2013 by NFB

Finally we move on from the Nine Years War and its immediate aftermath, but before advancing forward some years, we will discuss a brief rebellion, little more than a coda to the large scale fighting that preceded it, which broke … 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 Moyry Pass

Posted on Jan 15, 2013 by NFB

While Hugh Roe O’Donnell was dealing with seaborne invasions and rebellious cousins, Hugh O’Neill had problems of his own to sort out. O’Neill remained, as far as Elizabeth I and her administration in Dublin were concerned, the biggest problem and the … 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: Essex’s Munster Campaign

Posted on Dec 4, 2012 by NFB

I mentioned last week that the internal court politics of Elizabeth I reign had enough intrigue and conflict related to Ireland to fill up their own entry, but only a brief summation is required to set up what occurred in Ireland throughout … Continue reading →

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