Tyrone Flashcards
Tyrone
Social and economic cause
Plantations cased rent to go up
Attack on traditional Irish system
Policy of neglect, expenditure in Ireland was low due to war in Spain
Fitzwilliam allowed for clan warfare
Religious causes
Plantations brought protestants
Protestants built churches
Tyrone appealed for help from Spain and the Pope
Local resistance to center
Tyrone wanted to rule Ireland
English refused to give him Ulster
Tyrone felt his help in England wasn’t sufficiently recognised
Factional dispute in Dublin
Opportunism
English army had left Ireland
English resources stretched by the Spanish
What year was the Spanish Armada
1588
What were the objectives
Remove English from Ireland
Reverse protestantism
Make Tyrone ruler of Ireland
What did Essex cause
80% inflation in the Pale caused by excessive expenditure
Longevity
Where did Mountjoy secure victory
Kindale, against 3500 Spaniards
Prove that’s the English felt threatened
Major atrocities
What was Yellow Ford
Tyrone’s only major victory
How big was the rebellion
6000
National support
What kind of campaign was it
Guerrilla
25% bog
No Maps
Support
3500 Spanish trained by veterans
Scottish mercenaries
National support
Strength
1/3 had muskets
Equipped with the latest weaponry
Response
4000 men led by Essex
3 pronged attack led by Mountjoy forced Tyrone to surrender
