The Gaelic Catholics of Ulster Stage an Uprising Against the Scottish Presbyterian Planters

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The Gaelic Catholics of Ulster stage an uprising against the Scottish Presbyterian planters

September 23, 1678

The Earl of Mar was commissioned to raise a regiment nicknamed Earl of Mars Gray Breeks which later became the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

← The Earl of Mar was commissioned to raise a regiment nicknamed Earl of Mars Gray Breeks which later became the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

September 23, 1586

At the battle of Ardnaree in Co. Mayo, Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, surprises a force of redshanks (Scottish mercenary light infantrymen) engaged by the Burkes of Mayo; 1,000 redshanks and 1,000 camp followers are killed. Bingham hangs the l

At the battle of Ardnaree in Co. Mayo, Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, surprises a force of redshanks (Scottish mercenary light infantrymen) engaged by the Burkes of Mayo; 1,000 redshanks and 1,000 camp followers are killed. Bingham hangs the l →

September 23, 1678

The Earl of Mar was commissioned to raise a regiment nicknamed Earl of Mars Gray Breeks which later became the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

← The Earl of Mar was commissioned to raise a regiment nicknamed Earl of Mars Gray Breeks which later became the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

The Gaelic Catholics of Ulster stage an uprising against the Scottish Presbyterian planters

September 23, 1586

At the battle of Ardnaree in Co. Mayo, Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, surprises a force of redshanks (Scottish mercenary light infantrymen) engaged by the Burkes of Mayo; 1,000 redshanks and 1,000 camp followers are killed. Bingham hangs the l

At the battle of Ardnaree in Co. Mayo, Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, surprises a force of redshanks (Scottish mercenary light infantrymen) engaged by the Burkes of Mayo; 1,000 redshanks and 1,000 camp followers are killed. Bingham hangs the l →

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