Hugh O'Neill at 400

After many years of Elizabeth's reign being promoted as a Golden Age, Jim O'Neill provided a counterpoint for the Tudor Times Gloriana' Bloody Age: Massacre and misrule in Elizabethan ireland

Tudor Times The Elizabethan period is one of the most lauded eras of English history. The long reign of 'Good Queen Bess' is considered a 'golden age' and has inspired more

We teased about this a few years and then forgot to link when the article came out. So, if you've ever wondered where the women were during the Nine Years War, this is for you. Spouses, spies and subterfuge: the role and experience of women during the Nine Years War (1593-1603), written by James O'Neill and published in the proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy https://www.academia.edu/20411798/Spouses_spies_and_subterfuge_the_role_and_experience_of_women_during_the_Nine_Years_War_1593_1603_

Hiram Morgan's interview with The Hill of the O'Neill at Dungannon about the Flight of the Earls

The Flight of the Earls - Dr Hiram Morgan The Flight of the Earls: Dr. Hiram Morgan, University College Cork, Director of CELT, speaks about a very significant event in Irish history, The Flight of ...

Hiram Morgan's interview with The Hill of the O'Neill in Dungannon about Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA-4bb08WCk&t=105s

If you're looking for more, James O'Neill's chats about the Nine Years War from Kinsale to the war's end with Dave Mac's Cork History podcast can be found here.

Author Jim O’Neill on The Nine Years War Part 2 – From The Battle of Kinsale 1601 to The Flight of the Earls 1607 – Red FM The Nine Years War was one of the most traumatic and bloody conflicts in the history of Ireland. Encroachment on the liberties of the Irish lords by the English crown caused Hugh O’Neill, earl of Tyrone, to build an unprecedented confederation of Irish lords leading a new Irish military armed with...

If you're looking for something to listen to over Christmas and New Year while you digest the culinary excesses, try out James O'Neill's chatting about the Nine Years War with Dave Macs Cork History Matters podcast, part one covers Tyrone's years of success up to 1600

Author Jim O’Neill on The Nine Years War Part 1 – Up To The Battle of Kinsale 1601 – Red FM The Nine Years War was one of the most traumatic and bloody conflicts in the history of Ireland. Encroachment on the liberties of the Irish lords by the English crown caused Hugh O’Neill, earl of Tyrone, to build an unprecedented confederation of Irish lords leading a new Irish military armed with...

And if you didn't catch it live (and what was stopping you?) its here on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR05MuLCuhjEGiz_nA2XyggLYNYGccE4W4dTo8jVgvrpCzEtyxZJofKIT80&v=VztBx9vUXKY&feature=youtu.be

Lecture 112: The Nine Years War by Jim O'Neill James O’Neill is an archaeologist and an alumnus of the QUB History department. He completed a two year post-doctorate fellowship in the School of History, U...

https://belfastmedia.com/red-hugh-odonnell-tirconnells-missing-hero/

Red Hugh O’Donnell – Uncovering Tirconnell’s missing hero Early-modern Irish history is rarely the contentious bad-boy of academia or popular culture. In recent years the Great Famine, 1916 and the Irish War of Independence have tended to get the lion’s share of the

Red Hugh hunt shines light on gung-ho hero - Independent.ie In September 1602, Red Hugh O'Donnell died in the Spanish castle of Simancas. He was buried in the monastery of St Francis in nearby Valladolid, as requested in his will.

See at this link, classic Time Team episode about the archaeological search for Hugh O'Neill's Dungannon Castle originally aired in 2007. It includes interviews with amongst others Hiram Morgan and Jim O'Neill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUcw2rm3bWM&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3aOgUQA1geOXsZYmuapsLu-6g164nY1I8jITa8ZGSMwKyZ5gnwJMTG8nI

Time Team S15-E13 The Fort of the Earls, Dungannon, Northern Ireland In 1602 the English forces attacked and took one of the most important strongholds in Ireland - Dungannon. In the heart of Ulster, Dungannon was the seat of ...

Book launch tomorrow at UCC at 6pm!
All are welcome.

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BOOK LAUNCH
Dr Ruth Canning, Liverpool Hope University
The Old English in Early Modern Ireland:
The Palesmen and the Nine Years’ War, 1594-1603
Will be launched by Dr Hiram Morgan
On Thursday, 25 April 2019, 6 pm
At the Staff Common Room (North Wing, Main Quad), University College Cork
All Welcome

Hugh O'Neill gets the chance to reflect on his relations with the Old English thanks to this new book by Ruth Canning!

Dr Hiram Morgan (UCC) presenting on the legacy of the Spanish Armada in Ireland at Ulster University, Coleraine today.

Great news: Ruth Canning's book on the Old English and the Nine Years War is now available!

For those who are interested, you can order it at a 25% discount (see flyer for details)

Hugh O'Neill at 400 updated their website address.

Look at what I had to find by accident this morning. Talk about hiding your light under a bushel Ruth Canning https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-old-english-in-early-modern-ireland-hb.html

The Old English in Early Modern Ireland Examines the divided loyalties of the descendants of Ireland's Anglo-Norman conquerors during the wars against the Irish confederate rebels.

Christmas greeting to all the O'Neills and their followers, adapted from 'The O'Neill Madonna' St Patrick's Dundalk.

Savage and blood-soaked history? Well yes and no depending on where and when. New work 'Like sheep to the shambles? Slaughter and surrender during Tyrone's Rebellion, 1593-1603' published in The Irish Sword by James O'Neill https://www.academia.edu/16563310/Like_sheep_to_the_shambles_Slaughter_and_surrender_during_Tyrone_s_rebellion_1593-1603

The Battle of Benburb, Owen Roe O'Neill's greatest triumph, as recounted in Spain soon after. https://www.academia.edu/37790082/A_Spanish_News_Report_of_the_Battle_of_Benburb

My recent article on Sean O'Faolain's Great O'Neill at this link:
https://www.academia.edu/37774350/THE_LONG_SHADOW_OF_SE%C3%81N_OFAOL%C3%81INS_GREAT_ONEIL

If you have the time, James O'Neill talks about the women of Tyrone's Rebellion at this years Tudor Stuart Conference held at QUB https://soundcloud.com/history-hub/james-o-neill-the-women-of-tyrones-rebellion-1593-1603?in=history-hub/sets/2018-tudor-and-stuart-ireland

James O Neill - The women of Tyrone’s Rebellion, 1593-1603: a new narrative In this Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference podcast, a recording of a paper by Dr James O’Neill. His paper was entitled 'The women of Tyrone’s Rebellion, 1593-1603: a new narrative'. Tudor and Stuart

Review by Prof. John Childs of James O'Neill's Nine Years War, 1593-1603 https://academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ehr/cey301/5115685

Nine Years War, 1593–1603: O’Neill, Mountjoy and the Military Revolution, by James O’Neill | The English Historical Review | Oxford Academic Some aspects of the Nine Years War in Ireland, especially the Battle of the Yellow Ford, the Siege of Kinsale and the final downfall of Hugh O’Neill, earl of Ty

Congratulations to Jim O'Neill on the reprint within a year of his Four Courts Press book on the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland. Great scholarship, great writing, great subject.

The hardbacks are pretty much gone but a new shipment of paperbacks are in at a significantly reduced price.....http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2017/nine-years-war/

Four Courts Press | The Nine Years War, 1593–1603 O'Neill, Mountjoy and the military revolution by James O'Neill

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If titbits of Nine Years War info is you bag then try James O'Neill's twitter feed under for daily (sort of) updates https://twitter.com/hashtag/nineyearswar?src=hash

#nineyearswar hashtag on Twitter See Tweets about on Twitter. See what people are saying and join the conversation.

A short piece from James O'Neill on the muster master Maurice Kyffin and his efforts to improve the skills of English infantry in Ireland during 1597. https://www.academia.edu/28785274/Maurice_Kyffin_s_advice_on_training_infantry_in_Ireland_October_1597

Maurice Kyffin’s advice on training infantry in Ireland, October 1597. A punctilious muster master tries to improve English troops in Ireland, doesn't make any friends while he is at it.

Gaelic chiefs' prize winners including two UCC postgraduates SImon Egan (PhD) and Stephen (Masters) published today at book launch in Dublin. See book contents @ https://wordwellbooks.com/book-catalogue/History?product_id=1836 … …

Gaelic Ireland, c. 1100–c. 1690 Gaelic Ireland, c. 1100–c. 1690

You like the Nine Years War? You like forts? You like the Blackwater River? Well this could be right up your street https://www.facebook.com/DuicheNeill/posts/2104458689829881

Cant get enough Nine Years War and about Belfast on Monday night, check out James O'Neill at the Ulster Archaeological Society, and its free https://www.facebook.com/190943297657719/photos/a.842933579125351.1073741828.190943297657719/1657108017707899/?type=3&theater

The next lecture will on Monday 26th March with Dr James O'Neill of Ulidia Heritage Servicesdelivering a lecture entitled ‘A Miserable and Beggarly War’: Dispelling the Myths of Tyrone’s Rebellion.
As always the lecture is free to attend and will be held in the Elmwood Building, QUB at 8pm sharp. Hope to see you there!

Don't miss Talking History tonight (11 March) at 7pm on Newstalk 106-108 fm. Hiram Morgan, Ruth Canning, Damian Shiels, Mary Ann Lyons, and Padraig Lenihan will be discussing the Battle of Kinsale!

Malachy O'Neill speaking in Cork next week

James O'Neill brings his dulcet tones to mid-Ulster https://www.facebook.com/HillofTheONeillandRanfurlyHouse/posts/1103660363110248

Tongue-in-cheek ramblings of James O'Neill on what it's like having a foot in both camps : history and archaeology that is. https://www.academia.edu/34980798/A_fine_line_musings_on_history_archaeology_and_the_Nine_Years_War

A fine line: musings on history, archaeology and the Nine Years War A fine line: musings on history, archaeology and the Nine Years War

OTD in 1594 Captain John Dowdall made his move on Enniskillen Castle after 9 days of siege. Assault boast moved on the castle wall from two sides. Under the cover of supporting fire from English cannon, the largest boat anchored against the wall. Its troops mined a hole in the outer wall using picks and crow bars. The Irish fired buildings within the ward, forcing the English to withdraw. Dowdall's men entered when the flames died down.

The Irish took refuge within the keep, but Dowdall threatened to destroy the castle with gunpowder. The garrison surrendered , apparently on terms, but Dowdall paid little heed as he executed 150-200 occupants including women and children; some by drowning, some by the sword. Captain Thomas Lee later said despite 'Her Majesties word being past to the poor beggars to keep it (the terms of surrender), they were all notwithstanding dishonourably put to the sword in a most miserable state'.

This act would later come back to haunt the English garrison in Enniskillen as it fell to Cormac MacBaron O'Neill in 1595. After capitulating, allegedly on terms, the entire ward was put to the sword. This was odd enough as the Irish generally accepted and accommodated surrendering English garrisons. Perhaps memories were still fresh of Dowdall's action the year before.

OTD 1602 O'Neill finally made it back to Dungannon after the disastrous defeat at Kinsale. Though he had lost c. 1,000 men during the battle and rout (also his reputation and air of invincibility), many drowned trying to cross the R. Blackwater (Co. Cork) and the R. Maigue (Co. Limerick). Worse still the retreating Irish were harried and attacked by erstwhile allies as they made their way north. It was reported that 'they that would kiss them in their going forward did both strip and shoot bullets at the on their return; and for their arms, , they did drown them and tread them down in every bog and soft place under their feet'. The harrowing march north may have cost O'Neill twice as many soldiers as were lost at Kinsale.

Why was anyone surprised when Mountjoy hammered Tyrone at Kinsale? Should have known that the lord deputy had form for ruining Christmas. Precisely one year earlier, Chritmas Eve 1600, Mountjoy attacked an took Phelim O'Byrne's house at Ballinacor, Co. Wicklow. After taking Phelim's son prisoner and killing all those about the house, Mountjoy 'lodged in the house all night, spending upon such provisions as he [Phelim] had made for Christmas, which was a good store of beef, great store of strong drink, and some both of wine and aqua vitae'. The next morning, satiated and no doubt with some hangovers, Mountjoy burned the house to the ground. Aye, Merry Christmas to you too Mountjoy....

Owen Roe's Stronghold in County Cavan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXIFOZeuwUA

Clough Oughter Castle

Irish Times review of James O'Neill's The Nine Years War, 1593-1603 https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/how-the-north-was-lost-the-war-that-killed-off-gaelic-rule-1.3284552?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

How the North was lost: the war that killed off Gaelic rule Review: The Nine Years War: 1593-1603 by James O’Neill

Not sure if this has been on before but sure lets give it a crack again. Here's a short blog by Jim O'Neill on the role of women during the Nine Years War. If the history of the Nine Years Road had been a road less trod (until recently), then the impact and experience of half the population was been for the most part entirely overlooked. There is a much longer directors cut of this, but this will have to do for the time being. https://www.academia.edu/24280717/The_women_of_Tyrones_Rebellion

The women of Tyrone's Rebellion