Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: Harbour of Kinsale On the 23rd of September, 1601, a Spanish fleet entered the harbour of Kinsale with 3,400 troops under the command of Don Juan del Aguila. They immedia- tely took possession of the town; and del Aguila despatched a message to Ulster to O’Neill and O’Donnell to come south without delay. MountJoy [...]

Above: Flight of the Earls From the autumn of 1600 to the end of 1602, the work of destroying crops, cattle, and homesteads was busily carried on by Mountjoy and Carew, and by the governors of the garrisons, who wasted everything and made deserts for miles round the towns where they were stationed. We have [...]