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Russell was too ignorant or arrogant to notice Tyrone was playing him. The earl had burned every church in the borderlands but when Russell reached Armagh Cathedral it was already well-stocked with lime, timber, and wood-almost like someone wanted them to build a garrison there🤔

@ChroniclesNutty You'd be surprised, not everyone has cannon and Ireland isn't the best place to be moving them about. One at Loughbrickland bombarded in 1642 but still took amphibious assault before it fell. Also Crown not adverse to reusing them, as at Augher in 1602

Alas this was not to be. At the last minute Philip changed the plan [WTF!] and ordered the armada to Brittany to seize Brest, infuriating the expeditions commander. The ships sailed north 25 Oct but a storm devastated the fleet which lost over 30 ships and thousands of men

OTD 1602 Mountjoy besieged Tyrone's crannog stronghold on Roughan Lough. The Irish put up stout resistance but surrendered when fieldworks and cannon were brought to bear. Captured English cannon were found inside likely those lost at the Yellow Ford 4 years earlier #nineyearswar

OTD 1602 Mountjoy started building Charlemont fort & bridge as a springboard for taking Dungannon. Often called an artillery fort it was not designed to mount cannon. Demi-bastions & sconce on far bank only provided firing steps and loopholes for defence by firearms #nineyearswar

In the immortal words of Dick Jones (Robocop, 1987) 'Good business is where you find it' and 391 years earlier this was still the case as Tyrone and his allies were 'furnished with munition and implements of war even by the merchants of every town in this kingdom' #nineyearswar

OTD 1595 With shattered army in Newry Henry Bagenal writes to Dublin asking for support and munitions. He can only arm 1/4 of his men and Tyrone has 'with all his forces is laid for us between this town & Dundalk... having
possessed himself already of the passes' #nineyearswar

OTD 1595 As Bagenal marched to Monaghan, Tyrone attacked at Crossdall. 800 Irish shot fell on the column but Capt Cuney drew 150 to hold the Irish back. The fight raged for 4 hours as the English passed through. Irish fire slackened enabling Cuney to break contact #nineyearswar

OTD 1594 Oh its all kicking off in S.Ulster. Capt Fuller's troops drawn to recover prey in Cavan. Engaged by Cormac MacBaron, 8 killed & rest 'escaped hardlie'. Walter Brady (Constable of Cavan) hoped they didn't plan to burn town as he was 'left here a man alone'😬 #nineyearswar

OTD 1593 Failure to cooperate with Tyrone = consequences . Phelim MacTurlough O'Neill, lord of Killetra talked with Tyrone at Toome, but the meeting didn't go well ''God's defiance to you till nightfall' said Tyrone leaving, minutes later Phelim was hacked to pieces #nineyearswar