Flight of the Earls
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The Flight of the Earls took place on 14 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
The recently-crowned James I of England granted the earls generous peace terms.
The Somerset House Conference, 1604 depicts the Anglo-Spanish peace negotiations resulting in the Treaty of London. The Count of Villamediana is on the left, second from the window. Baron Mountjoy is on the right, third from the window.
Lord Deputy Arthur Chichester's animosity towards the Gaelic lords, particularly Tyrone, was a major contributing factor to the Flight.
Bishop George Montgomery encouraged O'Cahan to renew his lawsuit against his father-in-law Tyrone and to leave his wife.
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, was an Irish earl and soldier.
Flight of the Earls
…Flight of the Earls (Irish: Imeacht na nIarlaí) 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…
Inscription above the tombs of Rory and his brother Caffar in San Pietro in Montorio, Rome