Key dates for Tyrones rebellion Flashcards
1
Q
How long did it last for?
A
1594-1603
2
Q
1595?
A
- February = Tyrones brother burns Blackwater Fort (Ulster)
- June = Sir Henry Bagenal’s forces defeated at Clontibret
- September = Tyrone asks Philip II of Spain support
- Elizabeth proclaims Tyrone a traitor in June 1995
3
Q
1596?
A
- May = Tyrone pardoned, truce
- October = Lord Burgh establishes a garrison at Blackwater; failure of a second Spanish Armada (Philip II)
- Cormac O’Neill writes to Philip II of Spain in 1596
4
Q
1597?
A
- O’Neill spoke to government negotiations in 1597
5
Q
1598?
A
- August = Tyrone defeats Bagenal’s forces at Yellow For
- October = Munster plantation collapses
6
Q
1599?
A
May to July = Earl of Essex campaigns in Ireland
August = Sir Conyers Clifford defeated and killed at Curlew pass
September = Tyrone and Essex agree the Truce of Bellaclynthe Forde
Tyrone writes a set of demands
Essex sent to iRELAND AS DEPUTY WITH 17,000
7
Q
1600?
A
March = Maguire killed (O’Neills son in law)
May + = Lord Deputy Mountjoy campaigns against Tyrone
8
Q
1601?
A
September = Spanish army lands at Kinsale
December = Tyrone defeated at Kinsale
9
Q
1602?
A
January = Spanish army surrenders
April = Siege of Dunboy
June-September = Mountjoy campaigns in Ulster
10
Q
1603?
A
24 March = Death of Eliz and accession of James VI
30 March = Tyrone surrenders to Mountjoy
