... father's execution in the Tower (incorrect rumours at the time as it turned out) he declared himself in revolt of the king's authority and sent for aid from Pope Paul III, just after Henry himself had renounced the Church's authority. The revolt was not inspired by Henry's break with the Church; "Silken" had only sought to take advantage of the split ... , now led it. In 1598 he defeated an English army at the Battle of Yellow Ford near Armagh and sparked off a rising in the rest of Ireland. In 1601 Philip III of Spain sent an army to assist them. However, O'Neill was in Ulster in the No...

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... massacres of Catholics at Drogheda and Wexford and forced the resettlement of thousands that had lost their homes during the struggle. By 1691, with victory of Protestant English King William III over the Catholic forces of James II, Protestant control in Ireland was complete. Catholics suffered greatly in the subsequent period of British occupation, enduring laws that prevented them from bearing ... the possibility that the Irish Republican Army may have been training troops with the Marxist FARC Rebels. United States President George W. Bush was warned by special advisor on Northern I...

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