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Blood and Victory
Cruachan
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The English did increase their strangle hold on Irish land
Their garrisons grew in number, under Bagenal's command
O'Neill besieged a fort, he held to ransom eighty men
Henry Bagenal though this folly, and set his army to defend
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Near two thousand troops Bagenal did have a hand
Veterans of Spanish wars were his to command
His confidence as great; his arrogance it knew no bounds
He did not realise he faced a pack of Irish Hounds
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Bagenal was ambushed as they marched towards the fort
Irish muskets fired as cavalry attacked with force
The English then did charge and made a dash towards the gate
They reached their destination but their losses they were great!
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Two short days did pass, and the resupply was complete
English forces left the fortress, in darkness they tried to retreat
The Irish watched and were waiting, they attacked with vigour so true
Their cavalry caused so much chaos, the number of English dead grew
O'Neill himself did fight hand to hand upon the field
Against an English cavalry man who fell to Irish steel
Banegal led his force to a hilltop engulfed in flame
There they awaited their end but the Irish never came
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O'Neill's muskets had run dry of the powder that they crave
So he left the battle leaving hundreds in their graves
Banegal quickly fled, O'Neill revelled with his men
At the battle of the yellow ford, they would meet again
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