Kildaire's and Shane O'Neill's Revolts
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- Kildaire's and Shane O'Neill's Revolts
- Kildaire's Revolt 1535 (Silken Thomas)
- Permanent garrison established in Spet 1533
- Earl of Lildaire sent to the Tower and died
- Silken Thomas raised 1,000 in Munster
- Invaded the Pale
- No support from Earls of Ormond or Desmond
- Attack on Dublin Castle failed
- Fled south to Maynouth Castle
- Thomas called on the Catholic Church for support - rallying point
- Defeated by William Skeffington - 2,300 troops in 1534
- 14 motnhs before he surrened to Leonard Grey - Deputy Lord Lieutenant
- Main aim was politically expelling the English and becoming sole ruler
- Threat levels
- Cost £25,000 to suppress but restricted to Ireland
- Lasted for 14 moths - posed no immediate threat
- Longer-term response
- 1535-1537 - 70 supporters hanged
- 200 rebels were fined and attinted
- Henry seized land from Kildaire
- 1535-1537 - 70 supporters hanged
- The Revolt of Shane O'Neill 1558-67
- Causes
- Local opposition to central power
- Internal Irish politics
- Religion - used as rallying point
- Degree of threat
- Long lasting - financially and militarily impossible to bring decisive force
- Restriced to Ireland - no immediate threat to Elizabeth
- £250,000 spent over 10 years
- O'Neil had plotted with Charles IX and Mary, Queen of Scots - no help came
- French invasion seemed possible at the time
- Long lasting - financially and militarily impossible to bring decisive force
- Key Events
- O'Neill's illegitimate brother was to succeed the Earl of Tyrone
- O'Neill defeated the English at Red Sagums in 1561
- English relied on O'Donnells support
- Guerrilla tactics got the Irish to outskirts of Dublin
- Help from 1,000 Scottish Redshanks
- 1563 treaty signed only lasted two years
- 1567 - Shane was murdered by the O'Donnells paid by the English
- Success / Failure
- Shane eluded all attempts of capture - death was by other Irish
- English lacked cash and military
- Elizabeth had priorities within England - rebellion allowed to drag on
- Numbers showed strong element of Gaelic nationalism
- Causes
- Kildaire's Revolt 1535 (Silken Thomas)
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