Nine Years' War

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The Nine Years' War was a major late 16th-century conflict in Ireland in which Gaelic lords, led by Hugh O’Neill and Hugh Roe O’Donnell, resisted English rule, ultimately leading to the collapse of traditional Gaelic power and paving the way for large-scale English colonization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish war
early modern conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Tyrone's Rebellion
War of the Two Queens
belligerent Anglo-Irish loyalists
Gaelic Irish lords
Kingdom of England
conflictIn Ireland
endDate 1603
hasCause encroachment on Gaelic lordships and lands
imposition of English law and administration in Ulster
religious tensions between Catholic Irish and Protestant English authorities
resistance to English rule in Ireland
hasConsequence Flight of the Earls
end of the independent Gaelic lordship system in Ulster
expansion of English common law in Ireland
increased settlement of English and Scottish Protestants in Ireland
historicalPeriod late 16th century
reign of Elizabeth I
involved Irish Catholic Church
Spanish Empire
leader Aodh Mag Uidhir (Hugh Maguire)
Brian Oge O'Rourke
surface form: Brian Óg O'Rourke

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
location Connacht
Munster
Ulster
opposingCommander Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
Elizabeth I of England
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Sir Henry Bagenal
partOf Tudor conquest of Ireland
relatedTo Plantation of Ulster
Tudor conquest of Ireland
surface form: Tudor reconquest of Ireland
result English victory
collapse of traditional Gaelic power in Ireland
consolidation of English control over Ireland
paving the way for large-scale English colonization
paving the way for the Plantation of Ulster
significantEvent Battle of Clontibret
Battle of Curlew Pass
Battle of Kinsale (1601)
surface form: Battle of Kinsale

Battle of the Yellow Ford
Siege of Enniskillen
Treaty of Mellifont
startDate 1593
supportedBy Philip II of Spain
Philip III of Spain

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Plantation of Ulster precededBy Nine Years' War
William II of Scotland notableEvent Nine Years' War
War of the Two Kings partOf Nine Years' War
Early Modern Ireland hasPart Nine Years' War
Early Modern Ireland significantEvent Nine Years' War
Early Modern Ireland mainConflict Nine Years' War
Tudor conquest of Ireland includesEvent Nine Years' War
Royal Scots Fusiliers notableConflict Nine Years' War
County Tyrone wasInvolvedIn Nine Years' War
this entity surface form: Nine Years War
Patrick Sarsfield conflict Nine Years' War
Siege of Derry partOf Nine Years' War
Carrickfergus Castle usedDuring Nine Years' War
O'Neill dynasty involvedIn Nine Years' War
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone conflict Nine Years' War
Irish Brigade in French service conflict Nine Years' War
Geraldines involvedIn Nine Years' War
this entity surface form: Nine Years' War (indirectly via branches)