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O’Neill’s attempt to gain Ulster for himself
Jim McDowell describes how Irish Chieftain, Hugh O’Neill essentially wanted to rule Ulster himself.
He formed an alliance with the Spanish to try to defeat the English in 1601.
We learn how O’Neill was forced to surrender to the English - but despite being guilty of treason, his lands were granted back to him.
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