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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

OTD 1603 Tyrone submitted to M'joy at Mellifont, but it was no craven submission. He retained his lands and title. Elizabeth insisted he should not, but she was dead and MJ wanted this war done. Within months the earl would be off hunting with King James in England #nineyearswar

OTD 1594 War barely started and the Crown's shopping list for arms was long
Corn powder w. lead and match appropriate 8 lasts
Corselets finished 200
Morions 500
heads for horsemans staves 200
saltpetre 500 weight
calivers 1000
muskets 600
pikes 500
halberds 100
#nineyearswar

The following year poor handling of gunpowder led to disaster at the Battle of Yellow Ford. English shot replenishing ammunition 'thrust his hand for a handful of powder having a lit match in the same hand. 400lbs detonated, ripping through the crowded English position.

OTD 1596 Capt Dowdall reported Tyrone's had 'drawn the greatest part of their kern to be musketeers & their gallowglass pikes, they want no furniture neither of muskets, fowling pieces, calivers, swords, graven morions, powder and shot'..'how cometh?'-good question #nineyearswar

OTD 1601 M'joy's assault on Tyrrell's fort rebuffed w. 14 killed 21 wounded. The position was fortified with earth and timber & protected rivers. This was the second failed attempt. MJ built boats and rafts to press the attack but Tyrrell & his men had slipped away #nineyearswar

OTD 1594 Bad day for Bagenal as Art MacBaron's son (Tyrone's nephew) with 400 troops stole the marshal's stud, taking them over the R. Bann. Irish threatened to burn Carrickfergus, should have made good as Carrick was key staging area for English throughout the war #nineyearswar

OTD 1595 With Tyrone in open war L. Dep Russell called for merchants to be restrained from selling gunpowder to the Irish, but hard cash trumped patriotism and merchants got rich throughout the war selling munitions to Tyrone at inflated (triple or quadruple) rates #nineyearswar

OTD 1603 dark days for the Irish as Tyrone took refuge in the forests around Toome with just 60 men 'shifting his lodging both night and day' to evade capture. Worse, Cormac MacBaron, Tyrone's brother and finest field commander finally submitted to Sir Henry Docwra #nineyearswar