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Question 1

Causes of Tyrone’s Nine Years’ War

Answer 1

• Hugh O’Neill wanted to run the O’Neill clan and have the title of Earl of Tyrone. Liz refused,
• Bagenal sought power and influence in Ulster - his ambition is what drove O’Neill into open rebellion. He also hated O’Neill for marrying his sister even when he disallowed it
• Crown’s irish governors exerted the Queen’s power, e.g. Ulster plantation
• Suspected that the English wanted to give all the power in Ireland to their English sheriffs instead of the traditional clans

Question 2

Outbreak of the war

Answer 2

• O’Neill initially wasn’t involved - he was on England’s side, trying to win favour to get his titles
• Urged on by Hugh Roe O’Donnell, Maguire was the first to revolt

Question 3

The Battle of Clontibret, 1595

Answer 3

• First true battle, when O’Neill got involved
• Siege of the English garrison at Monaghan castle - Bagenal was sent to relieve them
• Bagenal was intercepted by O’Neill’s men, but got to the garrison
• Relieved the garrison, but was attacked yet again by O’Neill’s men at Clontibret, 4000 vs his 1750.
• O’Neill, supported by his allies, the MacMahons, the Maguires and some Scottish mercenaries, handed Bagenal a v embarassing defeat

Question 4

The Battle of Yellow Ford, 1598

Answer 4

• Bagenal spent the 3 the years in-between strengthening English garrisons
• Based at Newry, which O’Neill decided to target - but also Blackwater
• Bagenal decided to send men to assist the garrison at Blackwater, but never reached. Was forced into battle at Yellow Ford
• O’Neill, O’Donnell and Maguire defeated the English - and killed off Bagenal

Question 5

The Battle of Curlew Pass, 1599

Answer 5

• Essex arrived to mess everything up - ahem, fight the rebels
• Sent his long time companion-in-arms Clifford up to the north with 2,000 men to assist an English ally.
• Clifford was ambushed in the Curlew Mountains, under Hugh O’Donnell.
• Got beaten and killed, 200 men lost, fragmentation of Essex’s army

Question 6

The Battle of Kinsale, 1601

Answer 6

• The Spanish arrived - around 28 warships occupied Kinsale and 3,300 men landed
• Sadly for them, Mountjoy had arrived
• Mountjoy attacked the Spanish with a force of 12,000 men, forcing O’Neill to go south to support them with 6000 men
• Mountjoy had superior numbers and military skills, and was able to defeat the Irish and the Spanish
• O’Donnell fled to Spain in search of more support from Phillip III, while O’Neil fled to Ulster again

Question 7

The Siege of Dunboy, 1602

Answer 7

• Marked the end of the war
• Carew, the President of Munster, swept Munster to eliminate the last of the rebel resistance
• Dunboy was one amongst several castles that was to be besieged and taken
• Hardest to capture, led by Captain MacGeoghegan. But, rebels faced 5000 English with ships.
• 2 weeks siege, ending in an assault on the castle. English victory, many dead