Contents

pp v-v

List of illustrations

pp vi-x

Foreword by Dr David Parrott

pp xi-xiii

Acknowledgements

pp xiv-xiv

Abbreviations

pp xv-xv

Glossary

pp xvi-xvii

Conventions

pp xviii-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-4

The Irish Military Contingent in Flanders, 1605–44

pp 5-6

1 - Origins, Composition and Strength

pp 7-38

2 - Recruiting and Levies for the Irish Tercios in Flanders

pp 39-66

3 - Irishmen in the War of Flanders, 1621–44

pp 67-94

Plates and maps

pp 95-108

The Irish Tercios in the Peninsula, 1630–44

pp 109-110

4 - An Urgent Need of Soldiers for Spain

pp 111-136

5 - The War Experience of Tyrone’s Tercio, 1638–42

pp 137-164

6 - The Long Journey of Tyrconnell’s Tercio, 1639–44

pp 165-192

7 - The Irish in the War against Portugal, 1641–4

pp 193-212

Conclusion

pp 213-216

Bibliography

pp 217-232

Index

pp 233-242