Nine Years' War in Ireland

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The Nine Years' War in Ireland was a major late 16th-century conflict in which Gaelic Irish chieftains, led by Hugh O’Neill and allies, fought against English rule, culminating in the collapse of traditional Gaelic power and paving the way for intensified Tudor and later Stuart control over Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish history event
early modern conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Nine Years' War in Ireland
surface form: Irish Nine Years' War

Tyrone's Rebellion
belligerent Aodh Mag Uidhir (Hugh Maguire)
English Crown forces in Ireland
Gaelic Irish chieftains
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
Irish Catholic Confederation
surface form: Irish Confederates of Ulster

Kingdom of England
Old English loyalists in Ireland
cause encroachment on Gaelic lordships and traditional landholding
imposition of English common law and administration in Ulster
religious tensions between Catholic Irish and Protestant English authorities
resistance to English rule in Ireland
commander Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill
Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Sir George Carew
Sir Henry Bagenal
conflictType Gaelic Irish rebellion against English rule
consequence Flight of the Earls in 1607
consolidation of Tudor control over Ireland
increased English and later Stuart authority in Ireland
paving the way for the Plantation of Ulster
endDate 1603
endedBy Treaty of Mellifont
endResult English victory
collapse of traditional Gaelic power in Ulster
defeat of major Gaelic Irish lordships
hasPart Battle of Clontibret
Battle of Curlew Pass
Battle of Moyry Pass
Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits
Battle of the Yellow Ford
Battle of Kinsale (1601)
surface form: Siege of Kinsale
historicalPeriod early 17th century
late 16th century
keyEvent Spanish landing at Kinsale in 1601
Treaty of Mellifont
location Ireland
opposedBy James VI and I
surface form: King James VI and I

Elizabeth I of England
surface form: Queen Elizabeth I of England
partOf Tudor conquest of Ireland
relatedTo Early Modern Ireland
surface form: Elizabethan Ireland

Flight of the Earls
Plantation of Ulster
Tudor conquest of Ireland
startDate 1593
supportedBy Philip II of Spain
surface form: King Philip II of Spain

Philip III of Spain
surface form: King Philip III of Spain

Spanish monarchy
surface form: Spanish Monarchy
theatreOfWar Connacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster

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Tudor dynasty significantEvent Nine Years' War in Ireland
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) hasMajorEvent Nine Years' War in Ireland
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) relatedTo Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Nine Years' War (Ireland)
Tudor conquest of Ireland conflictType Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Anglo-Irish wars
Nine Years' War in Ireland alsoKnownAs Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Irish Nine Years' War
Battle of Kinsale (1601) partOf Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Nine Years' War (Ireland)
Battle of Kinsale (1601) conflict Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Nine Years' War (Ireland)
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex participatedIn Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Nine Years' War (Ireland)
Juan del Águila participatedIn Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Nine Years' War (Ireland)
Battle of Eachroim theatre Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Irish theatre of the Nine Years' War
Italian campaign of the Nine Years' War relatedTo Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Irish campaign of the Nine Years' War
History of County Cork includesEvent Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Nine Years War in Munster
Nugent family involvedIn Nine Years' War in Ireland
this entity surface form: Nine Years' War (Ireland)