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Years: 1575 - 1575
Elizabeth, on advice from Leicester, commands Essex to “break off his enterprise” in 1575.
Essex now switches tack, having struck a deal with Turlough Luineach O'Neill, and defeats Sorley Boy around Castle Toome, where the Bann flows out of Lough Neagh.
Essex has to withdraw to Carrickfergus for lack of provisions, but he now orders a follow-up operation, with the intention of driving the Scots from Ulster.
Under the commands of John Norreys and Francis Drake, an amphibious strike force of eleven hundred and fifty men in three frigates proceeds by sea from Carrickfergus to ...
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- Elizabeth I
- Francis Drake
- John Norreys
- Robert Dudley
- Sorley Boy MacDonnell
- Turlough Luineach O'Neill
- Walter Devereux
Groups
- Scottish people
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- England, (Tudor) Kingdom of
- Protestantism
- Ireland, (English) Kingdom of
- Ulster Scots people (Scots-Irish)
Topics
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Elizabethan Period
- Desmond Rebellions
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Years: 1575 - 1575
Locations
People
- Elizabeth I
- Francis Drake
- John Norreys
- Robert Dudley
- Sorley Boy MacDonnell
- Turlough Luineach O'Neill
- Walter Devereux
Groups
- Scottish people
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- England, (Tudor) Kingdom of
- Protestantism
- Ireland, (English) Kingdom of
- Ulster Scots people (Scots-Irish)
Topics
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Elizabethan Period
- Desmond Rebellions
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions