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The Start of The Nine Year War
Jim McDowell outlines the status in Ulster of Irish Chieftain, Hugh O鈥橬eill; and we learn how he tried to attain the upper hand on his arch rival, English official Sir Henry Bagenal, by marrying his younger sister Mabel.
During the early years of the Nine Year War, O'Neill employed some very cunning tactics...
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