Battle of the Yellow Ford, 1598 - England attempts total conquest of Ireland - Nine Years' War

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📚 Sources:
Fergus Cannon - Galloglas 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior
Brendan Kane, Valerie McGowan-Doyles - Elizabeth I and Ireland
G.A. Hayes-McCoy - Irish Battles: A Military History of Ireland
Hiram Morgan - Tyrone’s Rebellion: The Outbreak of the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland
James O’Neill - The Nine Years War, 1593 - 1603: O’Neill, Mountjoy, and the Military Revolution
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[@HistoryMarche]

🚩 Play Bellwright now: rebrand.ly/historymarche 🚩 Due to popular request we are heading back to Ireland with the Battle of the Yellow Ford. Fought on 14 August 1598 during the Nine Years' War in Ireland, a Gaelic Irish army under Hugh O'Neill of Tyrone met the English crown expeditionary force under the command of Henry Bagenal, marshal of Ulster. The battle greatly escalated the war. English Crown poured more men and materiel into the conflict, while more Irish lords joined O'Neill's alliance. The Nine Years' War in Ireland, previously fought mostly in Ulster, would soon become a struggle against English control over Ireland as a whole.

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[@casualhistory1353]

Irish archaeologist and historian from Tyrone here. Great video, the Battle of the Yellow Ford is known as Hugh O’Neill's greatest victory. Just a few pointers for the period. The Gaelic (not gallic) leaders were known as lords rather than (chieftains) which has come to the attention of modern Irish historians as a possible derogatory term used by the English against foreign peoples. Also, it is debated whether the Nine Years War can be called a (rebellion) of the Irish in the first place, as the English crown had never militarily controlled Tir Eoghain and the other Gaelic lordships in Ulster until after the defeat of Hugh O’Neill and the Flight of the Earls in 1607. Keep up the great work! One of the best history channels on KZbin.

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@@irishpatriotv2575 I probably know more about your history than you do. I study this stuff.

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To causalhistory, this is truly fascinating. I had a strong feeling there was still a lot of things we still don't understand, know or miss regarding the historical complexity and the relationships between England & it's neighbors. Thanks for providing that historical insight for us.

[@Justanirishfella]

As an Irishman it’s great to see our history being told on a huge channel such as yours, if only our education on our own history was as good as the video ye all produced

[@elizabethcanavan3755]

Totally agree,classic guerilla warfare

[@Justanirishfella]

@@elizabethcanavan3755 yep we’re so good at guerilla warfare we may as well have invented it 😆

[@shaneoseasnain9730]

@@elizabethcanavan3755 not guerrilla war. It was a battle between two large and modern forces

[@klutttmuttsprutt6087]

As a Swede I giggle hysterically at how autotranslation makes the weapon pike not a pointy stick, but a fish, Gädda (Esox Lucius). Now I can't help but imagine the Irish fish slapping the English.

[@v_cpt-phasma_v689]

@@Justanirishfella this wasnt guerrilla warfare, this was a larger irish army with equal weaponry holding a defensive position

[@High_rise12]

I’m so glad you’re covering Irish history, it’s criminally under looked

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Under looked? I think you mean

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Ye underlooked

[@High_rise12]

@@seanyoung7713 yep, thank you for the correction, need my morning coffee

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Cant imagine why

[@High_rise12]

@@garrettgallagher8551 it’s pretty important

[@paulduffy4585]

Great stuff. And excellent point about the Gallowglass. O'Neill modernized to the extent that the English had to copy him to stay in contention. But if he had've kept the Gallowglass quite a few of his victories would have been total annihilations. Look what the Gallowglass did at Curlew Pass for example. Also, for anyone interested in the wider context and details of the Nine Years War, James O'Neill has a great lecture on KZbin.

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[@dendradwar9464]

Missed out on "plashing" .. the Irish used the trees to create fortifications. They would bend tall trees down and then weave the branches together thereby creating formidable natural barriers .. I believe (though can not prove) the Irish kept open certain passages through these obstacles. This would have allowed the Irish to rapidly redeploy whilst ensuring any pursuing English troops would become hopelessly lost trying to follow the Irish through the undergrowth

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Same thing happened in India with the thousand mile thorn bush salt tax barrier.

[@dendradwar9464]

@@robleahy5759 That is interesting What is a salt tax barrier? Video is good Misses of a key part the front and middle of the English army got crushed .. only the rear escaped

[@robleahy5759]

@@dendradwar9464 I seriously think the ancient Irish made bramble fortifications and loopholes

[@KlausKlausen-dj7nf]

That kind of natural fortifications were also prevelent in Germany but were more of a permanent structure in places used up to early 1800s. They were called "Landwehr" (not to confuse with the militia type units of the same name for territorial defense)and was used for border defence between the german states and principalities but also to create safe places for the population in case of an attack. The openings on the main roads functioned also as toll collection stations.

[@dendradwar9464]

@@KlausKlausen-dj7nf Thats interesting, makes sense as well

[@TheSVgregor]

An excellent and well produced historical documentary on the O’Neill and the Irish rebellion. I hope you do more similar content on the Irish and Scottish wars of independence. Good luck.

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I appreciate that!

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Thomas Percy sounds like this type of MMO player that runs from one fight to another without waiting for a healer to be ready and then blames the healer for not doing his job 😂

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Sadly this isn't limited to MMO players. Politicians want to be seen as "serious", yet govern like spoiled kids.

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[@ЂорђеЦветковић-х3з]

History enthusiast from Serbia here. Beautiful video, I love Irish history (and people) - I think we have far more in common than people think. I didn't know about this rebellion (huge mistake - I know), so I thank HM for making this video and making me Google up stuff! 😁 I have a question for you history guys: is there a documented relation between this O'Neill and those High Kings of Ireland O'Neil? Or is just a coincidence? P.S. Éirinn go Brách!

[@jamesoneill7773]

Same aristocratic family

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They claim descent from him

[@icemanire5467]

Yep, same lineage. They were the Lord's and Kings of Ulster. The Red Hand was their family emblem.

[@neildaly2635]

Hugh O’Neill almost pulled it off. The Gael’s last gasp.

[@wedgeantillies66]

O’Neil played a blinder here as not only did he put his forces on an equal footing with their opponents technologically. He set the perfect trap to Lure the English government army to disaster with classic hit and run and ambush tactics. English army only escaped destruction due to both sides running out of powder.

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Hi HistoryMarche, Thank you for your new video! The quality is absolutely superb, and the way you detailed the events of the battle was outstanding. Your work always brings history to life in such a vivid and engaging manner. Keep up the fantastic work!😆

[@HistoryMarche]

Glad you enjoyed it!

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You keep amazing me with the time and work you dedicate to these videos. The backround information, the meticulous maps, the research into every deitail of the battles. Thank you for another amazing and very interesting underlighted part of history. I look forward to seeing more of O' Neil's struggle.

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Fantastic detail as always. Love hearing Irish History and would love to hear more.

[@redghettosun]

Great example of a defending force using the terrain to defeat an invading enemy. Percy rushing forward when the rest of his column was strung out sealed the deal. They should have known it was a trap. Had he waited, the artillery could have been put to much better use to punch holes on troops blocking them before advancing full on.

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Holy cow I didn’t know about this war! Please the next part! Ty for this great work

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It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage episode about the yellow fort battle between Irish confidrate armies and England invaded column ..at 1598 AD where Spanish military aid for Irish lords was notable in several occasional ...English forces focused on Ulstear region subduing.besides attempting to conquered whole Irelands .. thank you 🙏 ( historyMarche) channel for sharing

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Rest of Ireland subdued and Ulster last Gaelic holdout. I Neill happy to be under English but they insisted language and culture must go plus they kept pushing settlers.

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@@knoll9812@knoll9812 At this stage in the war, most of Ireland was controlled by Irish confederates, saving walled towns and garrisons. Greater still when victory at Yellow Ford precipitated a revolt in

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Thanks a million for this very well done and very interesting………what could possibly go wrong after this in Irish history….

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The first engagements were led by lads with shields and swords making the English get complacent thinking any uprising will be small scale against armed peasants at a time when Shot and Pike tactics were in bloom

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Fantastic explanation of this period of Irish history, so many 'what if' incidents.

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This is a very good video. I live in Co. Tryone and bar a few miss pronounced Irish place names it was very good. I really enjoyed it.

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As usual, great video ! A thanks. I learn a lot today. I didn't know about this war.

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Superb detail... go raibh míle maith agat.

[@antred11]

4:35 "... army of almost eighteen-hundred men ..." I feel the word "army" is doing some heavy lifting in this sentence.

[@mito88]

one man army

[@Éire1798]

Thanks for the video, my own family also took part in this battle, the O'Rourke's had the Kingdom of Breifne for several centuries. As far as I know it was largest defeat of English soldiers on Irish soil. I read about 1,000 killed.

[@jamesoneill7773]

Closer to 1,500-1,700

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Seems like the constant trend throughout history is that those leaders who employ terrain, barriers, obstacles, etc. while doing ambushes always seem to come out victoriously.

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Good stuff as usual!

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Nice explanation

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An amazing account of a major battle

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Would love to hear more about this time in Ireland

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[@vincnetjones3037]

Hi History Marche.... Great tale of the battle and well presented. I know sourcing exact numbers for this time period are really hard, but the casualties for both sides doesn't seem to be in anyway accurate. 2/3s of the English Army wasn't fully engaged and the front division actually [stupidly] counterattacked which doesn't suggest a massacre. The Irish would have been very slow to cross the yellow trench and chase the English down. The English have a decent amount of firepower and fought 'close-in' with the Irish [who didn't have a large number of close combat troops] for a long time before being pushed back. I'd suggest lower English and higher Irish deaths... but I'm only guessing.

[@jamesoneill7773]

All sections of the English army were engaged, just Percy's destroyed on the other side of the trench. Bagenal's and Cosby's regiments were badly mauled in utile counterattack. English claimed just 800 of 4k killed, but only around 2k returned from Armagh. Including 300 who defected to Tyrone, we're still looking at 1.5k killed. There only ever were guesstimates on Tyrone's losses. Irish deployed much greater numbers of shot than the English

[@TheFr00d]

Any suggestions for books or articles to learn more about the nine years war or irosh warfare during the early modern period?

[@samdumaquis2033]

Very interesting

[@charlieturk2146]

I feel like Bagenal has never heard of a scouting party before

[@jamesoneill7773]

Military arrogance blinded Bagenal and his men to the danger. Though they had been defeated before in similar circumstances, they were leading the largest and best-equipped English field force of the war so far. Made them think they could push through any opposition. They were wrong

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@@jamesoneill7773 yeah, Bagenal proved his incompetence by letting pride rule his decisions rather than sound tactics

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it's an AI voice. shame :(

[@CMDRFandragon]

Primary Objective: Reach the English Fort Failed

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How do we know a guy put a match in the powder barrel if everyone around it was killed by the incident ? A man needs an answer

[@jamesoneill7773]

It appears in both Irish and English accounts. Many burned survivors were kept in Irish care until they were fit to travel to Newry; possibly story came from them.. One first-hand account comes from Captain Pooley, who commanded a foot company in the English position.

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why are you saying Gaelic like Gallic??

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Because he is now using a fake AI voice instead of the original narrator.

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Why is Spain the whole Iberian Peninsula? Portugal as a country had been formed way before Spain itself

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during the same time in history described in this video, portugal was incorporated into spain (iberian union 1580-1640).

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Not sure about the use of the word “Gallic”, that’s really a French thing. When referring to the Irish, plus highland and island Scots, the word Gaelic would be more appropriate.

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0:30 Hence the term: "Beyond The Pale"

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Cudowne zwycięstwo.

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If death and swords are involved, count me in.

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I want to watch the follow-up to this one

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I notice that the then Ulster is different to todays Ulster.

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[@velouris76]

I am very curious about the Sir Thomas Percy mentioned, as it’s the same name of one of the gunpowder plotters, which only happened about 7 years later…surely this is a relative, and not the same Thomas Percy? Looking it up, the Percy in this battle might be Sir Richard Percy, not Thomas Percy…

[@jamesoneill7773]

You are correct, it was Richard Percey, not Thomas

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Global perspective . . . in old Nihon, an aging Toyatomi Hideoshi, second of the great unifiers, had sent his most fractious generals off to garner glorias mundi in Korea. Once on the ground, these doughty warriors had acted like spoiled children, refusing to cooperate with one another under fears of others "stealing the glory for themselves". Facing large incursion by Chinese forces; and, worse, failing to adequately protect a logistical train stretching across a short suido well populated with Korean "pirates", Toyatomi's forces will soon be faced with paucity of supply- especially gunpowder. Presently, they will be forced to withdraw. The age of the Third Great Unifier- Tokugawa Ieyasu, is about to begin. Back to you.

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10:12 As the vikings before the British learned the hard way: Don't mess with the Irish! 24:45 this O'Neil was very clever, using firearms and guerilla tactics against the british forces, like the boers centuries later 🤔😮

[@molybdaen11]

This was a very clever trap.

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Epic

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Amazing video 📹 Is there a follow-up?

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When you watch videos like this you know why the Irish support the Palestinians so passionately

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some do. some don't. most probably are on the fence or dont know much of it. media exaggerate everything.

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I don't and don't support Israel either. Palestinians literally done the same thing to Lebanese Christians after they took them in as refugees when Israel displaced them. First thing they done was conspire with Muslim minority to overthrow them. They couldn't even let go of their fundamentalism in the face of kindness and compassion. They only started supporting them because Sinn Fein had an association with PLO in the 70s onward

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@@icemanire5467 Not every single one of course theirs the Christians Zionists and people who watch babies beheaded by Israel strikes and don't care