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Essex Sent to Ireland
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and lionised English hero of Cádiz is sent to Ireland with instructions to crush O’Neill. He lands in Dublin with 17,000 men – but is he ready to take on The O’Neill?
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