Qualla: Siege of Kinsale https://qualla.com/siege-of-kinsale en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/1/y/siege-of-kinsale-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Siege of Kinsale https://qualla.com/siege-of-kinsale Siege of Kinsale: Introduction https://qualla.com/siege-of-kinsale/ Photo credit Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0. Four thousand Spanish soldiers stepped ashore at Kinsale on 2 October 1601. Their commanders, Don Juan del Aguila and Don Diego Brochero, had sailed from Spain with six thousand men and a hold full of arms. Bad weather had separated nine of their ships, taking back most of the veteran troops and gunpowder. What remained landed at the wrong end of Ireland - far from the Gaelic chieftains they had come to help, and directly in the path of the English army that ruled the south. The battle that followed across the next three months would decide who owned the country.

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