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O'Neill's Letter to Philip III

Having suffered a crushing defeat at Kinsale, O’Neill fought a sustained rearguard action. Now, from the woods at Glanconcadhain he writes again to Philip III, still with high hopes of a positive response. But would Philip come once more to O’Neill’s aid before events in Ireland overtook him?

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