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Nine Years' War in Ireland

1593 CE – 1603 CE · 10 years

The last great Gaelic Irish resistance to English rule, led by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. After initial Irish victories and Spanish intervention at Kinsale, English forces prevailed, completing the Tudor conquest of Ireland.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Gaelic Irish chieftains (Hugh O'Neill)
  • Kingdom of England

Key moments

Defining events in the Nine Years' War in Ireland.

  1. 1598 Battle of the Yellow Ford
  2. 1601 Battle of Kinsale
  3. 1602 Siege of Dunboy

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