Irish Battles: A Military History of Ireland

Irish Battles: A Military History of Ireland



This book seeks not only to present accounts of the most significant of the Irish battles and to describe them in relation to the terrain in which they were fought, but to make a general survey of the development of military science, the evolution of weapon types and the military history of Ireland. Among the broad themes which I have endeavoured to treat are the alteration of medieval Irish military organisation following the introduction of the gall&laigh, or galloglas; the effect of the introduction of the use of gunpowder on the Irish wars; the continuance down the centuries of a distinctively Irish type of warfare of the countryside, which was different from formal warfare and which foreshadowed the guerrilla tactics of modern times; and the leadership and technical ability of the outstanding Irish military figures, such as Hugh
and Owen Roe O'Neill and Patrick Sarsfield.

Clontarf, 1014
Dublin, 1171
Dysert OYDea, I 3 I 8
Knockdoe, I 5 04
Farsetmore, I 567
Clontibret, I 191
The Yellow Ford, I 508
Moyry Pass, 1603
Kinsale, 1601
Benburb, 1646
Rathrnines, 1649
The Boyne, 1690
Aughrim, 1691
Arklow, 1798