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Battle of the Curlew Mountains (1599)

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Battle of the Curlew Mountains (1599)
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Curlew Mountains in County Roscommon became a battlefield in 1599, when armed men collided beneath open sky. The ground may have shaken under hooves and boots, while fear and fury mixed in the same air. Men may have fallen there, their lives ending as quickly as they had begun. The mountains keep that violence hidden now, waiting for someone to walk across them and remember what happened below.
Battle of the Curlew Mountains (1599) is recorded as a battlefield in County Roscommon. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
A local battle between Gaelic Irish forces and English troops during the Nine Years' War; it took place in 1599 in County Roscommon. The Irish achieved a tactical victory, delaying English advances in the region.

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