The Nine Years War: The Final Act of Gaelic Ireland

In the final piece of my series on the decline of Gaelic Ireland, we follow the story of the O'Neills, a famous and prestigious Gaelic family that some of you are no doubt familiar with. The O'Neills were pivotal in the events that led to one of the most destructive conflicts Ireland has ever seen, the Nine Years War.
Over the course of this video I will lay the out the groundwork that caused the Nine Years War to happen, and follow its course all the way to its conclusion following the battle of Kinsale.
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[@ruadhbutler9143]

The MacDonnells of Antrim were mentioned in this video - would they be a good subject for a future video? Sorley Boy seems to have been an interesting character!

[@historicaldelving5426]

Thank you for the suggestion! I'll have a look into the subject and see if I can piece together an interesting video on it.

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

Also could you do a video in more depth on the last high king of Ireland Ruaidri mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair and his descendants as well as his issues with Diarmait Mac Murchada.

[@historicaldelving5426]

I'm currently researching the lead up to 1641 but after that yes of course!

[@mahoonchucks]

Could you do a detailed video of o sullivans March thanks

[@historicaldelving5426]

I have a few topics I need to finish up first but I'll be sure to look into it. Thanks for watching!

[@oscarosullivan4513]

That would be great

[@eamo106]

interesting as an O'Neill.

[@v1i0k3o7]

Hugh should have taken the Dublin Pale and never went to Kinsale. It would have been the flight of the Empire Liz and Mt Joy.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Good point

[@MacCionnaith]

Shoulda, coulda, woulda.

[@DonalLeader]

Fascinating account told with poise and clarity. More of this please!!

[@tomtomftube]

Gaelic Ireland is a threat to no one , it has a right to exist, people could converse in Irish and English, unionists fears are based on imperialism and not the natural lay of the land

[@johnorourke2103]

If the other guy in these comments is claiming ulster can I claim back leitrim

[@historicaldelving5426]

You're welcome to it John, but you'll have to fight the other Leitrim men.

[@Brutalchaos2]

Ill take Maguires country ( Fermanagh ) haha

[@historicaldelving5426]

Good luck Jamie haha

[@johnoneal1234]

I think that opening Portrait of Tyrone looks very little like him, even if his hair were long. It doesn't even look much like an O'Neill...but I have seen it shown as being him other places It can't be accurate at any age. Tyrone had auburn hair and a Red Beard contrasting, just like my Dad.

[@fergspan5727]

I have auburn hair and a red beard . I am O’Neill

[@brianeduardo1234]

Beautiful voice

[@o80y1]

They’re not gonna shag you, m8

[@Qui-GonJohn]

Engrossing video. Subscribed

[@historicaldelving5426]

I'm glad you found it interesting. Thanks for subbing!

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Imagine a computer game about it, telly series, or film

[@marieleahy3260]

Excellent

[@trevorfitzgerald4996]

Another great video

[@victorydaydeepstate]

Nice!!!

[@johnoneal1234]

And the portrait at the end actually is Tyrone, although his beard isn't colored accurately. Conn was his grandfather, sort of a Strawberry Blonde/ light redhead and matching beard.

[@loykarl279]

I'm Shane's grandson and the true Prince of ulster

[@historicaldelving5426]

I think you might be a little young to be his grandson!

[@loykarl279]

@@historicaldelving5426 well great , whatever , and that's a fact mofo

[@historicaldelving5426]

You're entitled to your beliefs

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

@@historicaldelving5426 I'm I'm decent of the O'Neills, Hugh O'Neill specifically but I don't think that would give me right to claim a long dead title

[@johnfogarty91]

Ease off the liquor son😂❤

[@lyrikalwong5961]

elizabeth 1st were getting there lol

[@jangowan5742]

Interesting video,and the spanish were to cold to fight, lol

[@jangowan5742]

So,did they just sail back to Spain,or were they captured ,and imprisoned?. Being from w.cork,and local legend has it that many stayed and were married off to local girls ,from mainly the o'drscolls,and other clans..as i'm familar with Baltimore yrs ago,some families were called o'driscoll spanaig,etc

[@historicaldelving5426]

If I'm remembering correctly, most of the Spanish were permitted to sail home bar a few officers.

[@jangowan5742]

@@historicaldelving5426 ..ok,must have been after the Armada then

[@antseanbheanbocht4993]

@@jangowan5742 Armada was 1588, if you go on to UCC CELT online project you can read a letter sent by Francisco de Cuellar a captain of one of the ships that washed up on the West Coast, its a fascinating letter in which he describes the beauty of the Irish women, the food they eat but also the terrible state of the country. He was helped by the Mac Clancy and the O Rourke and eventually made it to Scotland and home. The English were actually in peace negotiations with the Spanish at the time of kinsale, some say the Spanish King only sent the force to strengthen his hand in the negotiations although the leader of the force seems to have been scolded for not assisting the Irish when he got home.

[@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344]

​@@jangowan5742Much of the Armada was vanquished by Irelands stormy coast

[@oscarosullivan4513]

The real end

[@MrHDE-ex6xl]

Subscribed

[@aodhfinn]

I wonder , would you know , when , you believe , the gaelic Irish , had the consciousness of being the rightful heirs of the island of Ireland ? Did they see themselves as gaelic first , and the ' Irish ' identification follow much later ...? Any answers appreciated ..I have tried to have an answer from UCC , but no response

[@historicaldelving5426]

Hi Aodhfinn, When it comes to an Irish identity, that's something which was always present. The actual idea of a unified Irish nation however, is much more recent. In the classical and medieval sense, the various Irish tribes would have a common culture, but different identities. The idea of an Irish nation only begins to emerge in the early modern period. Before that, people would have thought of themselves as members of their local community, rather than members of a nation which had a claim to the whole island. Its a lot like Ancient Greece, where people would have referred to themselves collectively as "Greeks" but identified more strongly with the city they were citizens of.

[@knutclau705]

Ach weel, the infighting of the "clannad nan gael" proofed their undoing by the "sassenach" - united we stand, divided we fall... t'was ever thus! 😢

[@pio4362]

If they're own writings are anything to go by, they saw themselves as Gaels. They referred to themselves as Gaedheala (Gaels), their language Gaedhilge (Gaelic) and their culture as Gaedhlach (Gaelic). Éire (ie Ireland) was simply the island of the Gaels, a name derived from one of their old goddesses. The term "Irish" is what the English invaders called them.

[@MacCionnaith]

Feck

[@jeanbaptiste8628]

There are two major lines of Yorks. Plantagenet, the house ruling Britain before the War of the Roses, was Fensling; they couldn't break their finger motions outside of clenched sequences, they ran slave labor. The other line of the Yorks, Hugh's, could pair, match, or break rhythm in their hands, abolitionists. Both considered themselves the Tyrone.

[@nedlooby7419]

Key words "considered themselves"

[@madzer1170]

Conas atá tú inniu? I have just staterd to listen to you is mise would like to here you talk about 1641 in ireland go míle maith agat,agus slán gó fóill

[@historicaldelving5426]

Hi Martin, I have a few videos on the wars of the three kingdoms which loosely covers events from the bishops wars in Scotland, the 1641 rebellion in Ireland, the Catholic Confederacy, and the reconquest of the island by Cromwell. I haven’t really got much in the way of material on the English Civil war, which was the largest war in the overall conflict. This is because the focus of the channel here is mainly on Ireland.

[@madzer1170]

@@historicaldelving5426 mhaith an bhfear tá se go hiontach.is breá liom.

[@madzer1170]

@@historicaldelving5426 cian i would be very grateful if you would be to talk about the siege of derry in 1688 and the battle of the boyne i found the treaty of limerick gó hiontach anois

[@Votebritish]

would the gaelic in the north be Dalriadan Gaelic ,thus the Gaelic in Scotland or although both of the same root ,evolved differently from 16th century?

[@historicaldelving5426]

The Dal Rialta straddled areas of Ulster and the Western Scottish isles.

[@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344]

No. The language of Na Dal Ríada at this point in time had evolved into an early form of Scottish Gaelic, a different form then to the Irish spoken in Eastern Ulster. It would have been pretty mutually intelligible with Classical Irish just like it basically is intelligible with Modern Irish now, but they would still have been a different language