Nine Years' War

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The Nine Years' War was a major late 16th-century conflict in Ireland in which Gaelic lords, led by Hugh O’Neill and Hugh Roe O’Donnell, resisted English rule, ultimately leading to the collapse of traditional Gaelic power and paving the way for large-scale English colonization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish war ⓘ
early modern conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tyrone's Rebellion ⓘ
War of the Two Queens ⓘ
belligerent Anglo-Irish loyalists ⓘ
Gaelic Irish lords ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
conflictIn Ireland ⓘ
endDate 1603 ⓘ
hasCause encroachment on Gaelic lordships and lands ⓘ
imposition of English law and administration in Ulster ⓘ
religious tensions between Catholic Irish and Protestant English authorities ⓘ
resistance to English rule in Ireland ⓘ
hasConsequence Flight of the Earls ⓘ
end of the independent Gaelic lordship system in Ulster ⓘ
expansion of English common law in Ireland ⓘ
increased settlement of English and Scottish Protestants in Ireland ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 16th century ⓘ
reign of Elizabeth I ⓘ
involved Irish Catholic Church ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
leader Aodh Mag Uidhir (Hugh Maguire) ⓘ
Brian Óg O'Rourke ⓘ
linked to: Brian Oge O'Rourke

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone ⓘ
Hugh Roe O'Donnell ⓘ
location Connacht ⓘ
Munster ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
opposingCommander Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy ⓘ
Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ⓘ
Sir Henry Bagenal ⓘ
partOf Tudor conquest of Ireland ⓘ
relatedTo Plantation of Ulster ⓘ
Tudor reconquest of Ireland ⓘ
result English victory ⓘ
collapse of traditional Gaelic power in Ireland ⓘ
consolidation of English control over Ireland ⓘ
paving the way for large-scale English colonization ⓘ
paving the way for the Plantation of Ulster ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Clontibret ⓘ
Battle of Curlew Pass ⓘ
Battle of Kinsale ⓘ
Battle of the Yellow Ford ⓘ
Siege of Enniskillen ⓘ
Treaty of Mellifont ⓘ
startDate 1593 ⓘ
supportedBy Philip II of Spain ⓘ
Philip III of Spain ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plantation of Ulster → precededBy → Nine Years' War ⓘ
William II of Scotland → notableEvent → Nine Years' War ⓘ
War of the Two Kings → partOf → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Early Modern Ireland → hasPart → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Early Modern Ireland → significantEvent → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Early Modern Ireland → mainConflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Tudor conquest of Ireland → includesEvent → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Royal Scots Fusiliers → notableConflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
County Tyrone → wasInvolvedIn → Nine Years War ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War
Patrick Sarsfield → conflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Siege of Derry → partOf → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Carrickfergus Castle → usedDuring → Nine Years' War ⓘ
O'Neill dynasty → involvedIn → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone → conflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Irish Brigade in French service → conflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Geraldines → involvedIn → Nine Years' War (indirectly via branches) ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War
Desmond Rebellions → followedBy → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Battle of Athlone → partOf → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Hugh Roe O'Donnell → conflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Hugh Roe O'Donnell → activeInPeriod → Nine Years' War period ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War
Tyrconnell → involvedIn → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell → conflict → Nine Years' War (aftermath) ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War
Treaty of Mellifont → follows → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Treaty of Mellifont → conflictEnded → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Treaty of Mellifont → relatedConflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Imtheacht na nIarlaí → hasContext → Nine Years’ War ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War
Tír Eoghain → involvedIn → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Hugh Maguire → associatedWithEvent → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Wild Geese (Irish soldiers in exile) → participatedIn → Nine Years' War (late stages, in exile service) ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War
Tyrone's Rebellion → alsoKnownAs → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Aodh Mag Uidhir → activeDuring → Nine Years' War ⓘ
subject linked to: Aodh Mag Uidhir (Hugh Maguire)
Aodh Mag Uidhir → conflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
subject linked to: Aodh Mag Uidhir (Hugh Maguire)
Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill → activeInPeriod → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill → conflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Battle of Curlew Pass → conflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Battle of Curlew Pass → partOf → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Battle of Moyry Pass → conflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Battle of Moyry Pass → partOf → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Battle of Clontibret → conflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Battle of Clontibret → partOf → Nine Years' War ⓘ
New England expeditionary force → conflict → Nine Years’ War ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War
Northumberland Fusiliers → participatedIn → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Tír Chonaill → associatedBattle → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Maguire dynasty → involvedIn → Nine Years War ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War
Cath Eachroma 1691 → conflictIn → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Kings of Tír Eoghain → conflict → Nine Years’ War ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War
Earls of Tyrone → involvedInConflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Kingdom of Tyrone → involvedInConflict → Nine Years' War ⓘ
Siobhán O'Donnell → historicalContext → Nine Years' War (general period) ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War