Patrick Sarsfield – First Earl of Lucan
Patrick Sarsfield is thought to have been born on his family estate near Lucan in County Kildare in, or around 1650. His father, also Patrick,…
Read MorePatrick Sarsfield is thought to have been born on his family estate near Lucan in County Kildare in, or around 1650. His father, also Patrick,…
Read MoreWith the defeat of the Irish Confederate Army and their British Royalist allies, Cromwell took measures to ensure his grip upon the Island of Ireland….
In Armagh, the Irish confederate forces, under Felim O’ Neill, held the strategic and modern fortress of Charlemont. The Cromwellian invasion of Ireland was underway and…
Galway was a fiercely defended Catholic city and as Cromwell’s Armies strengthened their hold over the province of Connaught. It was to become the last…
By 1650 the army of Oliver Cromwell captured the north, east and most of the south of Ireland. The Catholic Confederate forces, with their English…
With the fall of Charlemont and Meelick to Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton and his men moved towards Limerick which the last fortified bastion of the…
With a New Model Army Oliver Cromwell was a force not to mess with. They were battle-hardened, disciplined and efficient. They were English Calvinists who were…
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 came about because of the resentment felt by the Catholic Irish, both Gael and Old English, in regards to the…
Located on a hill overlooking the town of Raphoe is Bishop’s Palace that was built in 1636 by John Leslie, Bishop of Raphoe (the fighting…
Derry is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the whole of Ireland and dates back to sometime in the 6th Century A.D. With an…
The 14th September 1607 was to become an important date in Irish history and one which continues to baffle even the most experienced and knowledgeable…
Born in 1550 Hugh O’Neill (Aodh Mór Ó Neill) was the second son of Mathew Ceallaigh the illegitimate son of Conn Bacach O’Neill who had…
The Plantation of Ulster was part of the English conquest of Ireland, a method used to pacify and civilise the province. Although plantations in Ireland…
The long march of O’Sullivan Beare was a daring mission to flee invading English forces to seek refugee from Irish clans in the north of…
The Battle of Kinsale is one of Ireland’s most famous battles and begun in September 1601 when a large Spanish fleet landed at the harbour of…
The beginning of the 17th century in Ireland was marked by the Battle of Kinsale in 1601, one of Ireland’s most famous battles that saw…