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Battle of Kilmacrennan

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shot to the head. His troops' morale collapsed and they fled the field. A £500 bounty had been placed on O'Doherty and, while a number of outlandish legends exist about the fate of his severed head, a reward was given to an infantry soldier John Trendor by the Dublin government. With O'Doherty's
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was a traditional supporter of the Crown whose treatment at the hands of local officials had led him to launch a rebellion in which he had seized the
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Newgate, Dublin. 1608. Displaying the heads of Irish rebels Cahir O'Doherty (right) and his foster father
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warriors allied to the government. They met the rebels at Kilmacrennan and O'Doherty was killed by a
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death, the rebellion quickly collapsed, the final forces retreating to
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Index

O'Doherty's Rebellion
Kilmacrennan
Kingdom of Ireland
Richard Wingfield
Cahir O'Doherty
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O'Doherty's Rebellion
Derry
Kilmacrennan
Tory Island
Kilmacrennan
County Donegal
O'Doherty's Rebellion
Cahir O'Doherty
garrison town
Derry
George Paulet

Phelim Reagh MacDavitt
Viceroy
Dublin
Arthur Chichester
Richard Wingfield
Royal Irish Army
Gaelic
musket
Tory Island
successfully besieged

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