Topic summary
Tyrone's Rebellion
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Nine Years' War (Ireland).
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Contemporary historians consider the war to have begun in May 1593 with Gaelic lord Hugh Maguire resisting the occupation of Fermanagh. The historian James O'Neill has criticised the name "Nine Years' War" and characterises 1593–1594 as a proxy war which England did not yet recognise the scope of until 1594. Hiram Morgan has used the term "Tyrone's Rebellion" to refer to the war, foregrounding the importance of the Earl of Tyrone.