Spanish Landing at Kinsale
Aguila lands a Spanish expeditionary army at Kinsale to support Irish rebels, opening the most serious Spanish military intervention in Elizabethan Ireland.
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1601 in Ireland
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Historical records for Ireland in 1601
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October
Siege of Kinsale
Mountjoy surrounds the Spanish-held town of Kinsale and blocks its garrison while Irish forces attempt to assemble a relief army.
December
Battle of Kinsale
Mountjoy defeats the Irish relief army outside Kinsale, isolating the Spanish expedition and destroying the coalition's best chance of breaking the siege.
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