Reasons for the 9 Years War
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- Created on: 17-06-17 13:54
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- Reasons for the 9 Years War
- Protestant Queen 1559-94
- Faced potential threat of an Irish-Catholic rising against her rule
- 1569 threat became a reality with the revolt of the Northern Earls
- Therefore, English government tried to replace Irish law and custom with English ones
- Ulster 1570s
- Late 16th century remained the most Gaelic part of Ireland - limited English control
- Controlled by the O'Neill clan but rival with the O'Donnells
- 1570 English began to take over - Earl of Essex & Sir Thomas Smith established settlement in East Ulster
- Plantation failed but not before it led to violence - O'Neill & O'Donnells uniting under a common enemy
- Violence
- 1574 - 200 O'Neill clan killed at a feat the English inited them too
- 1575 - 500 members of the O'Donnell clan killed in a surprise raid
- 1576 - Elizabeth calls off the plantation but the damage too Anglo-Irish relations had already been done
- Irish Clans
- 2 Leading clans that ruled in the North = O'Neill & O'Donnell
- Both rival Clans over power struggles
- Protestant Queen 1559-94
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