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As fighting raged, Clifford's shot ran out of ammunition, forcing them to fall back to their pike. The Irish came on and closed to finish the crown army, but 'rain in such torrents' extinguished their matchcords rendering every gun useless-unbroken Clifford's men made it to Sligo

OTD 1595 Prodigious consumption of gunpowder by Crown & the war had barely started. 6 lasts (approx. 6 tons) issued in 2 months (also 2 lasts of powder for cannon). For an army even more dependant on firearms we can imagine the quantities used by Tyrone's men #nineyearswar

Shows just how charismatic and charming Tyrone could be as Mabel was 20 years his junior. However, charm did not make Tyrone a good husband and he was a less-than-loyal spouse. The marriage produced no children and Mabel died just 4 years later-no known likeness of Mabel exists

Burgh didn't think for a second he was leaving Conyers Clifford dangerously exposed out in the west at his siege of Ballyshannon. Burgh's withdrawal freed up Tyrone's blocking force. Hugh Maguire and Cormac MacBaron's troops streamed west to cut Clifford's line of retreat

OTD 1593 Tyrone reported to Lord Deputy tha he had met with Maguire and got assurances from that he would disperse his army, Maguire 'faithfully promised me that...within these 5 or 6 weeks put them clearly from him'. Deceiving Crown to buy time. Most troops were Tyrone's own men

The Poppinjay and Charles sailed from Olderfleet Castle. The Poppinjay was not a large ship, 80 tons with a crew of 50 but her cannon broadside was more than a match for galleys. Scots took cover on Island while English blasted holes in their ships unopposed

Norreys had many years of experience fighting in Ulster and was not squeamish about his hands dirty. He was central to the massacre Brain O'Neill's household in 1574, where they were guests of O'Neill, and the slaughter of civilians on Rathlin Island in 1575

Even after the devastating defeat of Tyrone & his allies at Kinsale in 1601, Mountjoy thought better of trying to force this pass in Summer campaign 1602. Rather than hammer his way to Dunagannon, Mountjoy sidestepped the defences, building Charlemont Fort a few miles downriver

OTD 1589 Ships of English Armada straggled to home ports. Officers like Norreys tried to conceal the enormity of the disaster & Queen reported 'well pleased', but of 25k who left just 5k returned & over 1/3 of fleet-40 ships lost-tragedy rarely makes it into Elizabethan narrative

Cornwall was suspected as his Irish wife was a close friend to MacBaron and acted as envoy to negotiate the surrender of the position. It was commonly thought (& occasionally proved right) that Irish wives undermined the fidelity of the formerly loyal English subjects in Ireland.