Ireland's Nine Years War

Introduction

Republic of Ireland is a Western European country; she is a member of the European Union since 1973. She covers 26 of the 32 historic counties in the island and shares the island of Ireland with Northern Ireland. She remains a constituent part of the United Kingdom. There are two official languages in Ireland. The constitution provides that the first national language is Irish, and the second is English. Irish is compulsory in schools, but people do not use it in their daily lives. Few people speak Irish mostly from the areas of Gaeltacht. The Nine Years War in Ireland was also named Tyrone Rebellion that lasted from 1594 to1603. This war provoked by the opposition leader Hugh O'Neill's Irish Gaelic. To modernize the English administration was the core reason of the war. The thesis statement of this research paper is that, Ireland 9 years of war had positive and negative impacts on individuals and groups. It had the impact on the legacy as well. The objective of this research study is to find out the positive, negative, and legacy impacts of war on individuals or groups. The data collected from authenticated websites, peer review journals, and from different magazines.

Discussion

The Ireland war was provoked by the opposition leader Hugh O'Neill's Irish Gaelic for the advancement of English administration. The history showed the war had many positive impacts on individuals and different groups. Apart from its positive impacts it had numerous negative impacts. During the period of Ireland war, no decisive consequences had been found. In fact, the failures of the military operations were easily being noticed. They gave an opportunity to the enemies to flee from the battle field and came back with more power and strength. At Dublin Castle, the British authorities were unable to understand the magnitude of rebellion. In 1596, after failure in negotiations, the English armies attempted to invade Ulster, but they repulsed by trained army. In 1598, in the Battle of Yellow Ford 2,000 British killed and caught in an ambush on the road. Hugh O'Neill appointed his supporters and leaders in counties across the country. In Munster 9000 men went into the rebellion. Only indigenous nobles remained loyal to the crown, while their parents and their allies were with the rebels. In 1599, Robert Devereux arrived in Ireland with an English company with more than 17,000 men. Several thousand of soldiers stayed in unhealthy garrisons, and died because of dangerous diseases like typhoid and dysentery. Neil decapitated in the courtyard of the Tower of London. The war of attrition took effect quickly. O'Neill devastated the non supporters' lands. , in 1602, O'Neill and O'Donnell took the decision to attack the English, but they could not implement. The confrontation summarized in a series of battles known as the Battle of Kinsale, in which the Irish forces were routed. At the end of the war, the new king of England showed benevolence to the rebels. O'Neill, O'Donnell and other survivors of the Ulster chiefs granted a full pardon and restitution of their land. The conditions were abandoning the Irish labels their private armies and authority over their vassals and pledge allegiance to British Crown. In 1603, the war ended which cost more than £2 million and the kingdom had become bankrupt. In 1602-03, Irish sources claimed that 60,000 people died just in Ulster during the famine. At least 30 000 British soldiers ...