Flight of the Earls
1607 flight of two Irish earls to mainland Europe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with the Flight of the Wild Geese.
The Flight of the Earls (Irish: Imeacht na nIarlaĆ)[lower-alpha 1] took place in September 1607, when Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, and about ninety followers, left Ulster in Ireland for mainland Europe. Their permanent exile was a watershed event in Irish history, symbolizing the end of the old Gaelic order.
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