MOYRY CASTLE - THE GAP OF THE NORTH
About this Event
The pass was of historical military importance as it controlled the route between Ulster and the Pale stretching from Dublin to County Louth. A number of battles were fought in or around the pass including the Battle of Moyry Pass when Lord Mountjoy, Viceroy of Ireland, was defeated.
When Hugh O'Neill had retreated to Ulster, Lord Mountjoy in 1601 finding the Pass undefended, built Moyry Castle in twenty days.
The building of Moyry Castle changed Ulster, the most Gaelic Province of Ireland in the following eight years. In 1603, O'Neill surrendered to Queen Elizabeth under the Treaty of Mellifont and in 1607 led the Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly.
in 1603 King James outlawed Irish Brehon Law to introduce English Common Law & 1609 was the Plantation of Ulster
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