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Second Desmond Rebellion. Irish rebellion (1579–1583) Statements. instance of. conflict. 0 references. part of. Desmond Rebellions. 1 reference. imported from ...
Eventually, the earl of Desmond was proclaimed a traitor in November 1579. Over the next four years the rebellion waxed and waned. At times Desmond inflicted his will, as in the sacking of Youghal in 1579 and of Cahir in 1582. More often, he was a fugitive, with comparatively few troops, dodging Crown forces as they marched about his territories.
The siege of Smerwick took place at Ard na Caithne in November 1580, during the Second Desmond Rebellion in Ireland. A force of between 400 and 700 Papal freelance soldiers, mostly of Spanish and Italian origin, landed at Smerwick to support the Catholic rebels. They were forced to retreat to the nearby promontory fort of Dún an Óir, where they were besieged by the English. The Papal ...
second justice of Munster, thought the three plagues of rebellion, famine and sickness then affecting Munster 'sufficient to destroy a whole realme'.3 The destruction was heaviest in the west of the province, with large stretches of Counties Kerry, Limerick and Cork having been despoiled by the end of the conflict, devoid of food or people.
The Desmond Rebellions occurred in 1569–1573 and 1579–1583 in the Irish province of Munster. They were rebellions by the Earl of Desmond, ...
James FitzGerald (c. 1570 – November 1601), an Irish nobleman, was the successor of Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond. He assumed the title of Earl of Desmond, which had been suppressed in 1582 after the Desmond Rebellions. He spent much of his life in captivity, and was temporarily, but unsuccessfully, restored to the earldom in 1600 ...
Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond (c. 1533–1583) (son of preceding; forfeit 1582), fought in the Battle of Affane and led the Second Desmond Rebellion; 16th Earl of Desmond, appointed by Hugh O'Neill (1598–1601) James FitzThomas FitzGerald the Sugán Earl, died in Tower of London c.1607, was chased by George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes
