A rare English setback in the Tudor subjugation of Ireland. The O'Neill and O'Donnell forces ambushed Grey's army in boggy terrain near the Ulster border. Grey was later recalled and executed for treason. Demonstrated Ulster's capacity to resist Tudor power — a foretaste of the Nine Years War sixty years later.
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