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The Flight of the Earls: End of Gaelic Ireland
In 1607, the chieftains of Ulster — Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell — boarded a ship at Rathmullan and sailed into exile, never to return. It was the Flight of the Earls, a moment that shattered the old Gaelic order and paved the way for the Plantation of Ulster. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Nine Years' War (1594–1603), the decisive Battle of Kinsale, the cunning of Lord Mountjoy, and the tragic miscalculations that forced O'Neill to flee. They discuss the Brehon laws that underpinned Gaelic society, the role of Spanish…
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