Tyrone's Rebellion

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Tyrone's Rebellion was a major late 16th-century Irish uprising led by Hugh O'Neill against English rule, culminating in one of the most significant conflicts of the Tudor conquest of Ireland.

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Tyrone's Rebellion canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish uprising
rebellion
war of independence attempt
aftermath Flight of the Earls
Plantation of Ulster
alsoKnownAs Irish Nine Years' War
Nine Years' War
belligerentCommander Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
cause English encroachment on Gaelic lordships
imposition of English law and administration in Ulster
land confiscations and plantation policies
religious tensions between Catholics and Protestant English state
combatant English administration in Ireland
Gaelic Irish lords
Kingdom of England
Old English Catholic lords
dateOfBattleOfKinsale 1601-12-24
dateOfBattleOfTheYellowFord 1598-08-14
endDate 1603
foreignInvolvement Spanish expedition to Kinsale in 1601
foreignSupport Spanish Monarchy
linked to: Spanish monarchy
leader Aodh Mag Uidhir (Hugh Maguire)
Brian Óg O'Rourke
linked to: Brian Oge O'Rourke

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
location Ireland
mainTheater Ulster
monarchOfOpposingSide Elizabeth I of England
James I of England and VI of Scotland
linked to: James VI and I
notableBattle Battle of Kinsale
Battle of the Yellow Ford
Siege of Derry (1600)
linked to: Siege of Derry

Siege of Enniskillen
opponent English Crown
linked to: Kingdom of England

Kingdom of England
partOf Tudor conquest of Ireland
relatedTo Flight of the Earls
Plantation of Ulster
Tudor conquest of Ireland
religiousDimension Catholic resistance to Protestant English rule
result English victory
Treaty of Mellifont
submission of Hugh O'Neill
significance decisive stage in the Tudor conquest of Ireland
last major Gaelic Irish resistance to English rule in the 16th century
paved the way for large-scale English and Scottish plantations in Ulster
startDate 1594
timePeriod early 17th century
late 16th century
treaty Treaty of Mellifont
treatyDate 1603

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Nine Years' War in Ireland alsoKnownAs Tyrone's Rebellion
Battle of Kinsale (1601) relatedEvent Tyrone's Rebellion
Nine Years' War alsoKnownAs Tyrone's Rebellion
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone knownFor Tyrone's Rebellion
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone conflict Tyrone's Rebellion
Siege of Enniskillen relatedTo Tyrone's Rebellion
Earls of Tyrone associatedWithRebellion Tyrone's Rebellion
Kingdom of Tyrone involvedInConflict Tyrone's Rebellion