Battles of Tyrone's Rebellion 1595-1602

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Battle of Clontibret 1595
-Rebels attacked English garrisons near Ulster and captured Eng castles, besieged Monaghan
-Bagenal's army of 1,750 came to relive castle but was met with Tyrone's 4,000
-Bagenal's fled to Newry to retreat by sea
-would have lost more is Tyrone's hadn't r
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The Battle of Yellow Ford 1598
-Tyrone's threatened garrisons near Ulster which were vulnerable as troops were spread too thin and commander Lord Burgh had died
-Bagenal based south in Armagh marched 4,200 north to relive Blackwater but was ambushed by Tyrone's 5,000
-only 2,000 Eng ma
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Battle of Curlew Pass 1599
-O'Connor (Irish chief who stayed loyal to E) came under siege by O'Donnell
-Sir Convyers Clifford led 1,700 to rescue O'Connor but was ambushed at Curlew Mountains
Outcome- Eng panicked and fled, Clifford was killed 1/3 of Eng died, O'Connor surrendered
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Battle of Kinsale 1601
-Trained Spanish troops arrived in Munster but Tyrone was in Ulster, occupied Kinsale
-Lord Mountjoy with 7,000 besieged Spanish
-Tyrone and O'Donnell marched to Kinsale with 6,000
-English were trapped between Spanish and Irish, while Tyrone prepared to
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Siege of Dunboy 1602
-Dunboy was castle said to be impenetrable in south Ireland held by Donnell O'Sullivan Bere
-Eng Sir George Carew prepared building gun defences on nearby beach, Eng cannons pounded until walls fell
-none of the 143 defenders of castle survived, 58 bombar
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-Tyrone's threatened garrisons near Ulster which were vulnerable as troops were spread too thin and commander Lord Burgh had died
-Bagenal based south in Armagh marched 4,200 north to relive Blackwater but was ambushed by Tyrone's 5,000
-only 2,000 Eng ma

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The Battle of Yellow Ford 1598

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-O'Connor (Irish chief who stayed loyal to E) came under siege by O'Donnell
-Sir Convyers Clifford led 1,700 to rescue O'Connor but was ambushed at Curlew Mountains
Outcome- Eng panicked and fled, Clifford was killed 1/3 of Eng died, O'Connor surrendered

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-Trained Spanish troops arrived in Munster but Tyrone was in Ulster, occupied Kinsale
-Lord Mountjoy with 7,000 besieged Spanish
-Tyrone and O'Donnell marched to Kinsale with 6,000
-English were trapped between Spanish and Irish, while Tyrone prepared to

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Card 5

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-Dunboy was castle said to be impenetrable in south Ireland held by Donnell O'Sullivan Bere
-Eng Sir George Carew prepared building gun defences on nearby beach, Eng cannons pounded until walls fell
-none of the 143 defenders of castle survived, 58 bombar

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