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Ireland’s Wars: O’Neill’s Declaration And Clontibret
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 … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1595, clontibret, england, history, hugh o'neill, hugh roe, ireland, monaghan, nine years war, russell, tudor, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Start Of The Nine Years War
Yes, we’re going back a bit. My series of posts on the Nine Years War, that most transformative of early-Modern Irish conflicts, has never satisfied me, looking back at them. The wording is sloppy, the conclusions simplistic, the research shallow … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1590s, bagenal, enniskillen, fitzwilliam, history, hugh, hugh roe, ireland, maguire, nine years war, o'neill, tudor, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Some Last Words On The First World War
Having spent thirty entries on the First World War, offering an outline of the Irish experience of the conflict and a basic look at the course of the war in general, at least on the western, Salonika and Middle-Eastern fronts, … Continue reading
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Tagged britain, first world war, germany, history, ireland, war, ww1
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Ireland’s Wars: 11th November 1918
Long before the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Central Powers knew that the First World War was essentially over. Bulgaria had bowed out at the end of September, the Ottoman’s at the end of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 16th (Irish), 1918, 36th (Ulster), armistice, britain, germany, history, ireland, war, western front, world war one, ww1
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Ireland’s Wars: Breaking The Hindenburg Line
By the end of September 1918, the Allies’ success in the first two thirds of the Hundred Days meant that they were knocking on the door of the Hindenburg Line, that series of defensive trenches that the Germans had constructed … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, 36th (Ulster), america, britain, france, germany, hindenburg line, history, ireland, war, western front, world war one, ww1
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Ireland’s Wars: The 69th On The Western Front
The last stage of the war, following the end of the Spring Offensive and the beginning of the Hundred Days, was, looking at it from a distance, a time of unrelenting Allied gains and success, as their combined armies seemed … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, 69th regiment, aef, america, britain, fighting irish, first world war, france, germany, history, ireland, war, western front, ww1
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Ireland’s Wars: The Hundred Days
On the 8th August 1918, a combined assault of British, Australian, Canadian, American and French troops smashed into the German lines near Amiens, doing so without a major artillery bombardment beforehand, but relying instead on the support of over 500 … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 10th (irish), 16th (Irish), 1918, 36th (Ulster), britain, france, germany, history, inniskilling dragoons, ireland, war, western front, world war one, ww1, ypres
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