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The Flight of the Earls: Gaelic Ireland's Last Exile
In 1607, the most powerful Gaelic lords of Ulster—Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell—boarded a ship at Rathmullan and sailed into permanent exile. This episode explores the motives, the journey, and the aftermath of the Flight of the Earls. We trace the events that led to their decision: the Nine Years' War, the Treaty of Mellifont, and the erosion of their authority under English law. Lucas and Luna discuss the disputed reasons for the flight—was it a strategic retreat or a forced exile?—and examine the impact on Gaelic Irish society, the…
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