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Tyrone - Coggle Diagram
Tyrone
Battles
Clontibret 1595
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tyrone uses guerilla warfare to ambush them, causing the death of 31 Englishmen and the injury of 100 more
forces Baganel to sign a treaty with Tyrone, who is not naive enough to trust it will hold. Gives the Irish confidence and they increase communication with Spain
Yellow Ford 1598
Blackwater Fort is unmanned, and tyrone decides to break the terms of the treaty to attack it
used guerrilla warfare again, and succeeded clearly as Baganel himself was killed and half of his men never returned
gave the Irish even more confidence, caused Munster to overthrow their plantations, Baganel had been an experienced commander and now he is dead
Elizabeth sent an army of 8000, the biggest army ever deployed by the Tudors, to deal with the threat
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Battle of Kinsale 1601
the Spanish support arrives, but it is mistimed, as the Munster uprisings had just been suppressed
Mountjoy plans a surprise attack, which scared his cavalry and causes him to flee back to Ulster
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Battle of Dunboy 1602
the final battle, the English led by Carew decide to attack the Dunboy Castle which was held by and Irish rebel from the beach
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tyrone is forced to negotiate, and despite the failure he is granted his primary goal of being the ruler of Ulster, Chief Lord of Ulster
intro
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1st, 3 pieces with quotes, comment on usefulness
2nd, 3 pieces with quotes
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Causes
Plantation
Elizabeth encouraged Protestant English settlers to settle in Munster, which angered the very Catholic Irish
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the English responded with massacres, murdering 200 members of the O'Neill clan at a feast, and a further 500 O'Donnell's a year later - long term hatred
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religion
the settlers were often radical protestants and felt it was their god given duty to convert the Irish to true faith
but Ireland remained Catholic, amplified by the excommunication of Elizabeth
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How threatening was it?
Military
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the landscape favoured the Irish, who knew it well
English troops were demotivated, in poor condition
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However, when it came to an open field battle at Kindle, Tyrone's troops lacked cavalry and discipline
the English were able to muster larger forces, with 17,000 being sent by Elizabeth
Leadership
English finances were in dire straits and the threat of Spanish invasion stopped them from focusing on Ireland fully
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it took the English years years to appoint someone capable of command, Baganel was a disaster
Tyrone was mistrusted by many in Ireland, even some of his own family joined the English
Support
Irish troops had more to fight for, their independence
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however, the spanish support was insufficient to help the rebellion
Context
Vergil had described the Irish as 'savage, rude and uncouth' and also 'wild men of the woods'
the English were racist towards Ireland, and treated it as a colony