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stairnaheireann · 7 months

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#OTD in 1600 – O'Neill engages Mountjoy's forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass.

In September of 1600, the Irish forces of Hugh O’Neill, whom the English had made Earl of Tyrone, were in rebellion against the crown. Two years earlier O’Neill and his principle ally “Red” Hugh O’Donnell had routed an English army under Sir Henry Bagenal at Yellow Ford, expelling the English completely from the lands of O’Neill. Now Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, was marching on Tyrone with…

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stairnaheireann · 2 years

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#OTD in 1600 – O'Neill engages Mountjoy's forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass.

#OTD in 1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass.

In September of 1600, the Irish forces of Hugh O’Neill, whom the English had made Earl of Tyrone, were in rebellion against the crown. Two years earlier O’Neill and his principle ally “Red” Hugh O’Donnell had routed an English army under Sir Henry Bagenal at Yellow Ford, expelling the English completely from the lands of O’Neill. Now Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, was marching on Tyrone with…

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#Battle of Moyry Pass #Charles Blount #England #History #History of Ireland #Hugh O&039;Donnell #Hugh O’Neill #Ireland #Irish History #Lord Mountjoy #Queen Elizabeth I #Redshanks #Today in Irish History #Tyrone

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stairnaheireann · 7 months

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#OTD in Irish History | 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass. 1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887. 1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan. 1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, William O’Brien, in Mallow, Co Cork. 1875 – Arthur Conway, mathematician and…

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#irelandinspires #irishhistory #OTD #1 October #Co. Tipperary #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish History #Rock of Cashel #Today in Irish History

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stairnaheireann · 2 years

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#OTD in Irish History | 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass. 1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887. 1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan. 1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, William O’Brien, in Mallow, Co Cork. 1875 – Arthur Conway, mathematician and…

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#irelandinspires #irishhistory #OTD #1 October #Co. Tipperary #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish History #Rock of Cashel #Today in Irish History

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stairnaheireann · 3 years

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#OTD in Irish History | 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass. 1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887. 1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan. 1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, William O’Brien, in Mallow, Co Cork. 1875 – Arthur Conway, mathematician and…

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#irelandinspires #irishhistory #OTD #1 October #Co. Tipperary #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish History #Rock of Cashel #Today in Irish History

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stairnaheireann · 5 years

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#OTD in Irish History – 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass.

1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887.

1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan.

1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, William O’Brien, in Mallow, Co Cork.

1875 – Arthur Conway, mathematician and…

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#irelandinspires #irishhistory #OTD #1 October #Co. Tipperary #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish History #Rock of Cashel #Today in Irish History

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stairnaheireann · 6 years

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#OTD in Irish History – 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass.

1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887.

1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan.

1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, William O’Brien, in Mallow, Co Cork.

1875 – Arthur Conway, mathematician and…

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#irelandinspires #irishhistory #OTD #1 October #Co. Tipperary #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish History #Rock of Cashel #Today in Irish History

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stairnaheireann · 7 years

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#OTD in Irish History – 2 October:

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass. 1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan. 1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, William O’Brien, in Mallow, Co Cork. 1875 – Arthur Conway, mathematician and president of University College Dublin, is born in Wexford. 1879 – Kate Coll arrives in New York from Ireland on…

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#irelandinspires #irishhistory #OTD #1 October #Co. Tipperary #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish History #Rock of Cashel #Today in Irish History

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