OTD 1600 For Arthur Chichester not enough blood was being spilled 'the traitors in many places receive blows though we kill not in multitudes which cannot be howsoever we be beat them they are swift of foot, it is famine not the sword that must reduce this country' #nineyearswar - ThreadSky

jimoneillnyw.bsky.social • 31 days ago

OTD 1600 For Arthur Chichester not enough blood was being spilled 'the traitors in many places receive blows though we kill not in multitudes which cannot be howsoever we be beat them they are swift of foot, it is famine not the sword that must reduce this country' #nineyearswar

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creolegael.bsky.social•22 days ago

@jimoneillnyw.bsky.social I just finished reading about how the (northern) Dutch faired better in the same period. The authors highlight both their federal system and trading navy as crucial resources. Would they have been game changers for Ireland?
https://bsky.app/profile/creolegael.bsky.social/post/3lotzfuazvs2g

jimoneillnyw.bsky.social•22 days ago

Unity, luck, and Philip II not changing his mind about the 1596 fleet should do it

creolegael.bsky.social•22 days ago

Maybe but looking at the evidence, that does not seem to be it. The starting point of revolution, the beeldenstorm began in modern Belgium. It was brutally, resolutely responded to by Philip II and Alba. The south fell, but they continued in the north, where the sea provided more protection

jimoneillnyw.bsky.social•31 days ago

Ever the charmer, Chichester thought the English were 'too mild spirits and good consciences to be their [Irish] masters' and war was unprofitable until 'the nation be wholly destroyed or so subjected to take a new impression of laws and religion'- mural in Belfast City Hall

jimoneillnyw.bsky.social•31 days ago

In a pantheon of questionable characters, Chichester stands out in the history of the conflict with his incendiary and brutal rhetoric, backed by equally brutal actions and callousness. Only much later in life did he hint at regret over his actions.

clodaghtait.bsky.social•31 days ago

Gotta admire the propaganda of that tomb though.

bridmcgrath.bsky.social•31 days ago

He really was poisonous

stephen1958.bsky.social•31 days ago

Nice of them to put Shandarragh Park in the picture too.
That’ll be the Spar on the left.

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