Flight of the Earls

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The Flight of the Earls was the 1607 departure into exile of leading Gaelic Irish nobles, an event that marked the collapse of traditional Gaelic lordship and paved the way for intensified English control in Ireland.

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Label Occurrences
Flight of the Earls canonical 9
Plantations of Ireland 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish history event
historical event
alsoKnownAs Imtheacht na nIarlaí
chronology occurred after the Nine Years' War
occurred during the reign of James I of England
country Ireland
departurePoint Lough Swilly
Rathmullan
describedBySource Annals of the Four Masters
contemporary correspondence of English officials
destination Continent of Europe
Rome
Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
followedBy Plantation of Ulster
collapse of traditional Gaelic lordship
intensified English control in Ireland
genre topic in Irish nationalist historiography
hasCause Treaty of Mellifont
defeat in the Nine Years' War
pressure from English administration in Ireland
hasEffect confiscation of Gaelic lands in Ulster
end of the old Gaelic order in Ireland
exile of leading Gaelic Irish nobles
hasEndTime 1607-09-14
hasLanguage English
Irish
hasStartTime 1607-09-14
location County Donegal
Lough Swilly
Ulster
mainSubject Gaelic nobility
Tyrconnell
Tyrone
participant Cúchonnacht Maguire
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell
approximately ninety followers
partOf Tudor conquest of Ireland
early modern Irish history
pointInTime 1607
significance symbolic end of independent Gaelic lordship
turning point in the Anglicisation of Ireland
significantPerson Brian Oge O'Rourke
Cúchonnacht Maguire
Hugh Maguire
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Owen Roe O'Neill
Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell

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Plantation of Ulster precededBy Flight of the Earls
British–Irish relations hasHistoricalRootIn Flight of the Earls
this entity surface form: Plantations of Ireland
Early Modern Ireland hasPart Flight of the Earls
Early Modern Ireland significantEvent Flight of the Earls
Nine Years' War in Ireland relatedTo Flight of the Earls
Battle of Kinsale (1601) followedBy Flight of the Earls
Nine Years' War hasConsequence Flight of the Earls
O'Neill dynasty involvedIn Flight of the Earls
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone event Flight of the Earls
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone participantIn Flight of the Earls