3.7 Troublesome Ireland: Tyrone's Rebellion 1594-1603 | Why did the Nine Years' War (Tyrone's rebellion) break out? (a)

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What decade did England break with Rome?
1530s
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When did Irish Chieftains recognise Henry VIII as King of Ireland?
1541
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When did the Earl of Sussex begin a policy of plantation in Ireland?
1556
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When did Tyrone's rebellion break out?
1594
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What was the land surrounding Dublin known as?
The Pale
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What were lands beyond the Pale known as?
'the Irishry'
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Through what position did England control Dublin and its Pale?
Lord Deputy
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Who controlled land beyond the Pale?
Anglo-Irish nobility
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How did Ireland traditionally organise the inheritance of lands and titles?
Tanistry
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Who was head of the O'Neill clan ('the O'Neill)?
Hugh O'Neill
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In the tradition of tanistry, what was the heir known as?
The tanist
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When was Elizabeth I excommunicated?
1570
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When were English councils introduced in (a) Connaught (b) Munster?
(a) 1569 (b) 1571
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When did plantations fail in Ulster? (****-**)
1574-76
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When did rebellion in Munster take place? (****-**)
1579-83
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What policy followed Muster rebellions?
1579-83
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When did England go to war with Spain?
1585
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When was the defeat of the Spanish Armada?
1588
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When was the English expedition to Cadiz?
1596
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When was the second Spanish Armada?
1596
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When did rebellion begin in Ulster
1594
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When was the Earl of Essex sent to Ireland?
1599
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When was Mountjoy sent to Ireland?
1600
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When were Spanish forces sent to Kinsale?
1601
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When was Tyrone defeated?
1601
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When did Elizabeth I die?
1601
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When did Tyrone surrender?
1603
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What policy marked a peaceful compromise between the English and Anglo-Irish?
Policy of Concilliation
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How did nobles (tenants-in-chief) pay rent?
Military service to the king's armies
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What English plan commuted landowner payments to the English and increased hold over Ireland?
Composition
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What were Irish landowner payments to the English known as?
'Cess'
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Whose composition paid for garrisions (troops who were stationed permanently in a town or fortress)?
English
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Whose composition paid for the cost of their private army and household?
Irish chieftain
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What religion did Ireland follow after the Break with Rome?
Roman Catholic
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What title did Irish nobles hold in 1541, after forfeiting and being regranted their lands?
Tenants-in-chief
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Who did Mary appoint in response to the Anglo-Irish nobility's continued independence?
English Lord Deputy, Earl of Sussex
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What 'trend' did the Earl of Sussex start?
Plantation
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What councils did Elizabeth establish in response to the rebellion of 1569?
Councils of Connaught and Munster
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When were the Councils of (a) Connaught and (b) Munster established?
(a) 1569 (b) 1571
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What were the Councils of Connaught and Munster modelled on?
Councils of the North and Wales
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Who, and with what plan, inspired plantation?
Sir Walter Raleigh and the colonisation of the New World
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How many English settlers were in Munster by 1592?
775
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When did Elizabeth I instruct Sir Walter Raleigh to set up an English colony in North America?
1584
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Where, and when did Raleigh fund colonies to North America?
Roanoke, North Carolina 1584 and 1587
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Whose confiscated lands did Raleigh take advantage of?
the Desmond lands
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Where did Raleigh take up residence until selling his estates in 1602?
Killua Castle
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When was commutation used in Connaught?
1585
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What was, traditionally, the 'most Gaelic' part of Ireland?
Ulster
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What clan was Ulster governed by?
The O'Neills
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What clan disputed the O'Neills claim?
The O'Donnells
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Which two English courtiers were granted a contract to establish a settlement in Eastern Ulster?
the Earl of Essex and Sir Thomas Smith
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When was the Essex/Smith plantation called off?
1576
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When did Hugh O'Neill accept the English title of Earl of Tyrone?
1585
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What execution made the initial Ulster plantation possible?
the chief of the MacMahon clan, Hugh Roe MacMahon
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Who were the MacMahons traditionally tenants of?
Hugh O'Neill in Ulster
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Who was the overall head of the O'Neill clan?
Turlough Luineach O'Neill
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What marriage neutralised the threat from the English?
Hugh O'Neill and Mabel Bagenal
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Who was kidnapped and imprisoned in Dublin castle by the English in 1590?
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
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When did Hugh Maguire launch an attack on English officials in Sligo?
May 1593
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Which Anglo-Irish noble was never appointed to the position of Lord Deputy, despite being Elizabeth I's cousin?
Earl of Ormond
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When was O'Donnell in touch with Phillip II?
1593
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When did O'Donnell and Maguire beseie the English-held Enniskillen Castle?
June 1594
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When did Tyrone present himself to Lord Deputy Russell?
August 1594
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What term describes a member of the army carrying a musket (a firearm)?
Musketman
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What term describes a member of the army carrying a pike (a long pole with a metal tip)?
Pikeman
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In 1595, how many (a) cavalry (b) musketmen and (c) pikemen did Tyrone have?
(a) 1,000 (b) 4,000 (c) 1,000
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What two Anglo-Irish nobles were Tyrone's sons-in-law?
Hugh Roe O'Donnell and Hugh Maguire
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When did Connaught join the rebellion?
1595
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When did Leinster and Munster join the rebellion?
1598
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What was Robert Devereux's earldom?
the second Earl of Essex
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When was the second Armada, this time to Ireland?
1596
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When did Phillip II die?
1598
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