What the records say
- When
- 14 Sep 1607
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 55.09° N, 7.55° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Flight of the Earls.
Summary
Flight of the Earls: Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, flee Ireland for Spain with 90 followers, to avoid capture by the English crown, never to return.
Flight of the Earls
1607 Irish historical event
The Flight of the Earls took place on 14 September [O.S. 4 September] 1607, when Irish earls Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell, permanently departed Rathmullan in Ireland for Catholic Europe during a period of extreme political tension with the English Crown. The Flight's exact motivation is unclear and the subject of debate.
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