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Do you want to hear about the Battle of Benburb 1646. Major fight between the forces of Owen Roe O’Neill & Scots general Robert Monroe. Join me at 9 tonight to see how it went #Benburb 
Eoghan Roe O'Neill was the nephew of the Great Hugh O’Neill and had served in the Spanish army. When the rebellion broke out in Ireland 1641, O’Neill was fighting the French but as soon as he was decommissioned he and 200 men returned to Ireland #Benburb
He landed in Donegal in 1642 and immediately joined the rebellion. “Ulster” he said “not only looks like a desert but like hell”. He found the Irish rebels poorly armed and poorly trained. He set about turning them into an army #Benburb
