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The Battle of the Yellow Ford
Jim McDowell describes England鈥檚 worst military defeat on Irish soil at The Battle of the Yellow Ford in 1598, when O鈥橬eill鈥檚 forces fought against the English under Sir Henry Bagenal.
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