Flight of the Earls

Flight of the Earls is in 1603-1610 James I.

In Sep 1607 describes the leaving of Ireland by Hugh O'Neill 1st Earl of Tyrone (age 57) and Rory O'Donnell 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (age 32), and around ninety of their followers, from Ireland to Europe. The event was first named as a "flight" in a book by the Reverend C. P. Meehan that was published in 1868. The set sail from Rathmullan.