Nine Years' War in Ireland

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The Nine Years' War in Ireland was a major late 16th-century conflict in which Gaelic Irish chieftains, led by Hugh O’Neill and allies, fought against English rule, culminating in the collapse of traditional Gaelic power and paving the way for intensified Tudor and later Stuart control over Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish history event
early modern conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Irish Nine Years' War
Tyrone's Rebellion
belligerent Aodh Mag Uidhir (Hugh Maguire)
English Crown forces in Ireland
Gaelic Irish chieftains
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
Irish Confederates of Ulster
Kingdom of England
Old English loyalists in Ireland
cause encroachment on Gaelic lordships and traditional landholding
imposition of English common law and administration in Ulster
religious tensions between Catholic Irish and Protestant English authorities
resistance to English rule in Ireland
commander Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill
Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Sir George Carew
Sir Henry Bagenal
conflictType Gaelic Irish rebellion against English rule
consequence Flight of the Earls in 1607
consolidation of Tudor control over Ireland
increased English and later Stuart authority in Ireland
paving the way for the Plantation of Ulster
endDate 1603
endedBy Treaty of Mellifont
endResult English victory
collapse of traditional Gaelic power in Ulster
defeat of major Gaelic Irish lordships
hasPart Battle of Clontibret
Battle of Curlew Pass
Battle of Moyry Pass
Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits
Battle of the Yellow Ford
Siege of Kinsale
historicalPeriod early 17th century
late 16th century
keyEvent Spanish landing at Kinsale in 1601
Treaty of Mellifont
location Ireland
opposedBy King James VI and I
linked to: James VI and I

Queen Elizabeth I of England
partOf Tudor conquest of Ireland
relatedTo Elizabethan Ireland
Flight of the Earls
Plantation of Ulster
Tudor conquest of Ireland
startDate 1593
supportedBy King Philip II of Spain
linked to: Philip II of Spain

King Philip III of Spain
linked to: Philip III of Spain

Spanish Monarchy
linked to: Spanish monarchy
theatreOfWar Connacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster

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Tudor dynasty significantEvent Nine Years' War in Ireland
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) hasMajorEvent Nine Years' War in Ireland
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) relatedTo Nine Years' War (Ireland)
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland
Tudor conquest of Ireland conflictType Anglo-Irish wars
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland
Nine Years' War in Ireland alsoKnownAs Irish Nine Years' War
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland
Battle of Kinsale (1601) partOf Nine Years' War (Ireland)
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland
Battle of Kinsale (1601) conflict Nine Years' War (Ireland)
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex participatedIn Nine Years' War (Ireland)
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland
Juan del Águila participatedIn Nine Years' War (Ireland)
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland
Battle of Eachroim theatre Irish theatre of the Nine Years' War
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland
Italian campaign of the Nine Years' War relatedTo Irish campaign of the Nine Years' War
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland
History of County Cork includesEvent Nine Years War in Munster
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland
Nugent family involvedIn Nine Years' War (Ireland)
linked to: Nine Years' War in Ireland