Above : Philip I The slow-moving Spanish monarch had, however, moved at last. Philip Ill's ships were on the sea, their sails set for Ireland. Even as arranged by the King, the fleet was but a small one, scarcely half what the Irish leaders had asked and hoped for. But before ever they left port, sickness had thinned the numbers of the soldiers, and when at sea they had encountered such rough weather that several of the vessels, including those carrying ... Read More

 Above : Picture Of Sir Arthur Chichester, Replace Mountjoy The nine years' war which he had waged against the power of England had won for Hugh O'Neill a great reputation, not only throughout the British Isles, but also on the Continent of Europe. Henry IV of France, no mean judge of military ability, counted him as ranking third amongst the famous soldiers of his age. Even in defeat, he was certainly the most important man in Ireland, and this Mountjoy realised. ... Read More