Regional Flashcards
Problems in Ireland (3+ dates)
Shane O’Neill rebellion - 1559-1567
Control by colonisation - 1573
Tyrone’s rebllion - 1595-1603
Elizabeth strategy - Shane O’Neill (2)
Make him a. Servant of crown
Have him remove Scottish settlements
Failure of O’Neill (2)
Sussex initiates a battle
Unsuccessful bout Shane was killed by rival clan
Ledge of O’Neill extent
Not really significant and he was killed = advantage
When and by who = plantation
Thomas smith in 1568 = ulster plantation on O’Neill land
What happened - plantation (2)
Given to Essex
Decides garrisoning is only way to hold the land
Success and failure of plantation (3)
Lacked military power and funding to win battles = massacres
Essex died
Causes a rebllion and hatred for English
Governance of north how and what problems (2+)
Liz relative lord Hudson became warden of east + governor of Berwick = warden of middle
Southern aristocrats didn’t like being stationed in ‘inhospitable’ north
Who replaced Sussex in council of north when and what (2+)
Earl of Huntingdon in 1572
He was a Puritan = attacked catholic in northern strongholds
When and who supported Tyrone’s rebllion (2(
1595-1603
Clans such as O’donnells and maguires
How did Spanish try to exploit Tyrone’s rebllion + when (3)
1596
By including Irish contingent in the second Spanish Armada
Unsuccessful but clear sign of intention
English lost battle when and what - Tyrone (2)
Battle of yellow ford in august 1598
Beyond the pale = out of English control
Essex force - Tyrone (2)
1300 cavalry
16000 men
Essex went against w queen how (2)
Made a truce with Tyrone
He refused to return to court
Englands replaced Essex with who - Tyrone (3+)
Lord lieutenants - mountjoy and Carew
Carew secured cork and recaptured most of Munster
Mountjoy = pushed Tyrone back to ulster
English fail and sepuccess - Tyrone (2)
Forced O’Donnell to flee with Spanish
Tyrone pardon in 1596 prevent spending money = attacks after
When did Essex land in Ireland
1599
Who + when landed on kinsale and what (3)
3000 Spanish troops
September 1601
However English triumphed on Christmas Eve 1601
Peace with Ireland
Tyrone made peace with mountjoy march 1603 (Liz dead by this point)
Welsh language what became of it (2)
Disappeared as a medium of gov
Preserved as a medium of religion = translation of both BoCP and bible
Significant discontent in wales
Disproportionate number of Welsh involved in Essex rebllion 1601
Why still border conflict with Scottish
Remained an independant state
Example of border problem with Scotland (2)
Murder in border incident of Francis Russel in 1585
James VI accepted pension o £4000
