People, I bet people here could provide lots of useful information for Steve about traditional medicinal herbs in Medieval Ireland (or later for that matter). ...
Hello, does anyone know what proportion of Irish soldiers were armed with muskets at the battle of Yellow Ford in 1598 or the battle at Curlew pass in 1599?....
cadre mor ata tu? Mise maith I have found most of the connections from the annals up to 1170. after this period the annals convert to the norman nobility...
There is a story, I believe it was in "The Great O'Neil" by Sean O'Faolain, in which he mentions that O'Neil spent several years visiting his allies, giving...
TED MEEHAN
tmeehan@...
Nov 30, 2006 12:23 am
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The "slate for his castle roof" of course was lead! I don't remember ever reading how many of the Irish used firearms, as compared to pikes, at the battle. Don...
Hi there, Having recently completed my doctorate on the Nine Years War, I will try to answer your question. Unfortunately there is no easy answer. To the...
Eoin O'Neill
irenep@...
Dec 1, 2006 7:28 pm
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Re: The Great O'Neil by Sean O'Faolin Another book to look into is Tyrone's Rebellion by Hiram Morgan. Now I don't remember where I read this tale but I heard...
I am currently doing a Phd on portuguese tin-glaze ceramics in the British Isles and I am looking for sites where they were recovered and where I can go to...
tania manuel
tania.casimiro@...
Dec 3, 2006 5:59 pm
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i have always wondered why the oneill forayed all the way down to kinsale with his forces and did not make his stand in ulster on his own territory. he...
The presence of 4,000 Spanish soldiers at Kinsale had something to do with it. The entire war depended upon the Spaniards and O'Neill had to join up with them....
If I'm not mistaken, the landing of the Spanish at Kinsale was a mistake. Both O'Neil and O'Donnell had suggested a landing in the north, but either the...
TED MEEHAN
tmeehan@...
Dec 8, 2006 9:37 pm
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... with it. The entire war depended upon the Spaniards and O'Neill had to join up with them. I don't see him writing to King Philip saying that Kinsale was...
... think oneil was more impressed by phillips don jan or by one of his own counselors. hope it wasnt one of my ansestors judi d . Yes, they did. They gave...
The Battle of Kinsale was probably the most important battle in modern Irish or British history – far more important than the Boyne ninety years later. It...
Eoin O'Neill
irenep@...
Dec 10, 2006 10:40 am
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Actually there are a lot of accounts of Irish military history, at least as regards the early modern period, in the archives. There is no general account of...
Eoin O'Neill
irenep@...
Dec 10, 2006 10:40 am
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... Conn bacach grandson. mathew was Shane oneills half brother wasnt he? do you know if they had diffeent mothers? i suppose you are right about needing the...
Eoin - Four Courts Press, among others, comes to mind. Your topic is certainly of substantial interest. Unrevised dissertations are a problem with many ...
judi donnelly asked, ... Conn bacach grandson. mathew was Shane oneills half brother wasnt he? do you know if they had diffeent mothers? Séan's mother was...
As a part of a piece of research I'm working on I have a need to get data on ancient woodlands in Ireland and in adjacent lands - Britain, France, Germany, ...
William Thanks very much for your offer. The link to my thesis is below: http://www.iuperj.br/biblioteca/teses/Eoin%20tese.pdf The first couple of pages are in...
Eoin O'Neill
irenep@...
Dec 13, 2006 8:03 pm
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Eoin - I received your thesis and look forward to reading it - thanks. Can you send me your email address so we can communicate of list as appropriate? Mine...
Eion, Some years ago I wrote a short history of the Clan O'Byrne of Leinster. and it was published by a man from Wexford who lives on an island in the...
Don at dmschlegel@... writes: << Can anybody tell me the Irish name of Rutland Island, Templecrone Parish, off the coast of Co. Donegal? >> Don, The O.S....
post comes up this page will not display but inis mic doirn would mean island of the grandson of doirn probably doirna progeny of the oak wood. na EITHER ...
Don, Rutland Island is Inis Mhic an Doirn. This is where Burton Conyngham attempted to establish a fishing industry in 1784 -85. See: "Idir an Dá Ghaoth", le...
P.J. ó Domhnaill
solas@...
Jan 10, 2007 6:41 pm
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Thanks. Was Conyngham the same as Lord Rutland, for whom the name was changed? Don Schlegel ...
535 Ad Battle[cath] of Ocha olill molt killed[marbhad] the oneils took posession of crown from this battle. end of the tuathal Techmair line The Oneils dynasty...
I do recall a while ago hearing a historian mention that the literacy rate in Britain in Elizabethan and Stuart times was higher than is often realised...he...
