The Irish Wars 1485-1603 (Men-at-Arms Series 256)
Ian Heath, David Sque - The Irish Wars 1485-1603
Osprey Publishing | 1993 | ISBN: 1855322803 | English | 51 pages | PDF | 5.03 MB
Men-at-Arms Series 256
Osprey Publishing | 1993 | ISBN: 1855322803 | English | 51 pages | PDF | 5.03 MB
Men-at-Arms Series 256
The Reformation in England further distanced the Irish, as the majority of Irishmen adhered stubbornly to their Catholicism. Eventually, in Elizabeth's reign, both sides resorted to the use of force on a large scale in a series of bloody wars and rebellions that were to culminate in the Earl of Tyrone's "Great Rebellion" of 1595-1603. This text by Ian Heath looks at the history, organization and tactics of the armies of the Irish Wars (1485-1603), armies which included such troops as the fearsome Irish Galloglasses, who bore a deadly axe six feet long with a blade that was one foot broad!