... to still feel that their allegiance lay to their own people rather than to the king. This independence proved to be their downfall. After all, Henry was parsimonious and balked at continued campaigns in Ireland. So too, was his daughter Mary and grand-daughter Elizabeth. It was also a common English ... O'Neill, who had at first stood back from the revolt, 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, ... to Kinsale immediately to...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... -year struggle between English and Irish. 1170 Arrival of Richard de Clare, known as Strongbow. 1171 Strongbow becomes king of Leinster. Arrival of Henry II, end of the Milesian kings; thus began the political involvement of England in Ireland's affairs. 1166-1175 Reign of Rory O'Connor, Last ... Henry VIII dies, succeeded by the boy king Edward VI. England and Ireland were ruled by the senior nobility of England. 1553 Mary ascends the Throne. 1558 Accession of Elizabeth I. 1562 Elizabethan Wars in Ireland. 1588 Spanish Armada sent by Philip of Spain, to conquer England. 1594 August. Hugh...

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• Grade Level: High School