Why it matters 400 years later
Fintan O’Toole on how the legend became more important than the event
The Flight of the Earls painting by Thomas Ryan RHA which is on display in Dublin Castle
The making of Hugh O'Neill
Soldier, strategist, conspirator
In the bloody, complex but crucial period that is 16th century Ireland, Hugh O'Neill is often placed close to the centre.-
The varying fortunes of battle
1595-1601: Clontibret to Kinsale
The Flight - as it happened
Kinsale was Gaelic Ireland's Culloden
March 1603: The Treaty of Mellifont-
Beggaring the earls
1605: Cry treason
Tudor England and unruly Ireland
'More ado in Ireland...'
THE TUDOR COURT: Fintan O’Toole An anxious England saw dark forces at play on its neighbouring island-
Driven far from the land
1607-1608: Eyewitness
Snapshots, references and credits
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Snapshots in Time/Shane Hegarty
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References
- This supplement was written by Jonathan Bardon, author of A History of Ulster; Shane Hegarty, Irish Times journalist and co-author of The Irish Times Book of the 1916 Rising; author and journalist Joe Carroll and Irish Times columnist and author Fintan O'Toole; Supplement edited by Kieran Fagan.
- In association with the Deparment of Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Departmen of the Taoiseach
