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| Term | Definition |
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| Impact of the English loss at Curlew Pass: What was the English army suffering from? | - English army was suffering from sickness and many of their Irish soldiers were deserting - when Elizabeth heard of this decision, she was furious and ordered Essex to march North to Ulster - Essex obeyed and when he reached Louth he encountered Tyrone whose army was much larger - instead of fighting, Essex made the decision to negotiate with Tyrone in private - Essex and Tyrone agreed on a truce during which the rebels were to be allowed to continue to occupy all the lands and fortresses they possessed or captured |
| Impact of the English loss at Curlew Pass: What happened as a result of the loss at Curlew Pass? | - Essex decided that it was no longer possible to attack Tyrone |
| What happened as the English army came under attack? | - the troops began to panic and flee - Clifford himself was killed along with about one third of his army; the surviving army was forced to turn back to safety - the result of this was that the besieged O'Conner was forced to surrender to the rebels and a valuable English ally was lost |
| What happened on the 15th of August 1599? | - as the English army approached the pass that led through the mountains, they were ambushed by an Irish force - the English were trapped in unfamailair geography; there were mountains to either side and they couldn't escape from the road they were following because it surrounded by woods and bogs |
| What were Sir Clifford's actions? | - Clifford obeyed orders and began to march to O'Conner's rescue at the head of an army of 1,490 footmen and 205 cavalry - unfortunately Clifford had to cross the Curlew mountains to get to Collooney with his men |
| What could Essex not afford? | - Essex couldn't afford to allow one of the few English supporters among the Irish to be captured so he ordered Sir Clifford, the president of Connaught and an experienced military campaigner to rescue O'Conner |
| What happened to O'Conner? | - he came under siege from one of the leading rebels, Hugh O'Donnell due to this support of the English government |
| What happened in May 1599? | - Essex was faced with a dire military situation in the North of Ireland - an Irish attack on Sir O'Conner at Collooney Castle (Connaught) presented Essex with a particularly difficult challenge - O'Conner was one of the few Irish chieftains who had continued to support the English government during Tyrone's rebellion |