OTD 1601 Mountjoy almost killed when Spanish in #Kinsale 'discerned him riding in the head of a troops of horse, and made a shot out of the town at him, which grazed so near him that it did beat the earth in his face'. One of many near misses for M'joy in Ireland #nineyearswar
OTD 1601 Mountjoy almost killed when Spanish in #Kinsale 'discerned him riding in the head of a troops of horse, and made a shot out of the town at him, which grazed so near him that it did beat the earth in his face'. One of many near misses for M'joy in Ireland #nineyearswar
OTD 1601 Mountjoy almost killed when Spanish in #Kinsale 'discerned him riding in the head of a troops of horse, and made a shot out of the town at him, which grazed so near him that it did beat the earth in his face'. One of many near misses for M'joy in Ireland #nineyearswar
OTD 1601 Mountjoy almost killed when Spanish in #Kinsale 'discerned him riding in the head of a troops of horse, and made a shot out of the town at him, which grazed so near him that it did beat the earth in his face'. One of many near misses for M'joy in Ireland #nineyearswar
Another great cannon related what-if of Irish history and not the last. William III wounded by cannon ball before Battle of the Boyne 1690, lives to see another day. Next year St. Ruth commander of Irish at Aughrim, head blown clean off, all falls apart for Jacobites..đŸ˜±
Another great cannon related what-if of Irish history and not the last. William III wounded by cannon ball before Battle of the Boyne 1690, lives to see another day. Next year St. Ruth commander of Irish at Aughrim, head blown clean off, all falls apart for Jacobites..
Another great cannon related what-if of Irish history and not the last. William III wounded by cannon ball before Battle of the Boyne 1690, lives to see another day. Next year St. Ruth commander of Irish at Aughrim, head blown clean off, all falls apart for Jacobites..
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