#OnThisDay 1607 Hugh O’Neill, his family & 90 of his followers left Ireland in what became known as “The Flight of the Earls”. They hoped to build an army on the continent & return to Ireland. They never saw home again. Gaelic Ireland was no more.

#OnThisDay 1607 Hugh O’Neill, his family & 90 of his followers left Ireland in what became known as “The Flight of the Earls”. They hoped to build an army on the continent & return to Ireland. They never saw home again. Gaelic Ireland was no more.
