| Type: |
Exhibition - Summer of Cultures 2008 |
| Title: |
From Leaders to Exiles – The Flight of the Earls |
| Start Date: |
13 Jun 2008 |
| End Date: |
14 Sep 2008 |
| Time: |
Mon 2pm - 5pm: Tues-Fri 10am – 5pm: Sat (June - Sept) 2pm - 5pm: Sun (July & Aug) 2pm - 5pm |
| Admission: |
Normal admission rates apply. |
| Description: |
A travelling exhibition from Donegal County Museum and County Archives Service to commemorate the 400th anniversary of ‘The Flight of the Earls’ (1607-2007).
This exhibition evolves around the events of late summer 1607 when Rory O’Donnell and Hugh O’Neill – the Earls of Tir Chonaill and Tir Eoghain – left Donegal for Europe with their families, friends and allies. They sought to seek assistance from the King of Spain in their long-running struggle with Queen Elizabeth I of England.
The exhibition focuses on major political events of the period, namely the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland, the departure of the Ulster Earls and the subsequent Plantation of Ulster.
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