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OTD 1600 As Mountjoy prepared to push into Ulster as a feint for the the Foyle landings, report of dissent in the Irish camp as the Maguire succession feud leaves hundreds dead in #Fermanagh. Loyalty of Turlough MacHenry, Arthur O'Neill and John O'Doherty doubtful #nineyearswar

OTD 1599 The Earl of Essex set out from Dublin leading 160 horse at the beginning of his expedition into Munster. With the army list expanded to 16K foot and 1.3k horse and massive shipments of supplies (including £20k worth munitions) what could possibly go wrong? #nineyearswar

OTD 1598 Geffrey Fenton calls to block shipments of arms to Tyrone from Scotland 'great quantities of powder and other provisions for him and O'Donnell...considering the King's former favourable dealings with Tyrone, cannot but think the King is a secret supporter'

Meanwhile it was kicking off in Longford as O'Donnell, Maguire and Cormac MacBaron assaulted 'Her Majesty's Castle' in Longford. Constable & his wife were taken prisoner & an estimated 10,000 cattle taken 'so great a of cattle to feed themselves and their hired Scots a long time'

@Mick_Finnegan Apparently because they went bare-legged in cold & wet weather, thus the red legs. Normally only applied to Scots mercenaries raised in western isles

Still fear of another Spanish landing therefore expensive fortifications ordered to be raised at #Kinsale, #Cork, #Limerick and a fort at #Galway 'made to 'secure the town against foreign invaders and to curb the seditious and factious youths that abound in that town'

OTD 1594 Capt Henshaw fell into skirmish with Tyrone's bastard son Con. Attempting to recover a prey in #Monaghan, assaulted on both sides by horse and 60 shot with 'diverse slain'. Crown troops ran out of ammunition and withdraw. They were lucky anyone survived #nineyearswar

'The number of Scots may be proportioned & mixed with English forces in Ulster, that all fear of inconvenience may be removed' in other words the English didn't trust the Scots. While Tyrone had some Scots (& McDonnell a close ally) he was not a fan due to their indiscipline.

Philip II had raised landing forces in 1596 and 97 but neither were sent to Ireland. Noted Irish were not ignorant of the king's estate and that all he could do was 'little enough to strengthen himself against the queen of England..good for them to depend no longer upon the king'

OTD 1597 Report that Tyrone and O'Donnell's meeting with Spanish at Killybeggs did not go well. Frustrated by lack of Spanish landing reported O'Donnell accused Spain of deceitfulness. Despite promises nothing but a little powder sent 'which they reckon not of' #nineyearswar