tyrones rebellion

Question 1

Duration

Answer 1

It is known in Ireland as the Nine Years’ War

Question 2

Location

Answer 2

Ulster, in the north of Ireland – the Kildare’s stronghold

Question 3

Leadership

Answer 3

3rd Earl of Tyrone

Question 4

Main causes

Answer 4

Local resistance to centre. Tyrone saw the only hope for Ireland being a complete break with the Tudors – with himself as the new Irish leader
Rebellion broke out when the English refused to give him the right to govern the whole of Ulster – 12 counties – himself

Question 5

Subsidiary causes

Answer 5

Like Silken Thomas, Tyrone wrapped himself in religion, appealing for help from Spain and the Pope
Opportunism – English forces were especially weak at this time, and Tyrone scented opportunity

Question 6

Outcomes

Answer 6

Tyrone gives up claims to overlordship in Ulster in exchange for effective independence that proves so worthless he flees Ireland for good in 1607
Final defeat of Irish chieftains. Most officials are now English-born. English common law applied to all Irish counties. But Ireland remains stubbornly Catholic

Question 7

Degree of threat

Answer 7

High. Tyrone’s was the first Irish rebellion which had as its aim a truly island-wide campaign against the English. If successful, there would have been regime change in Ireland