| O'Doherty's rebellion | |||||||
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 The severed heads of MacDavitt and O'Doherty on display on the Newgate, Dublin, beheading being a common punishment for treason. | |||||||
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 Kingdom of Ireland along with Gaelic allies | O'Doherty's rebels | ||||||
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Sir Arthur Chichester Sir Richard Wingfield |
Sir Cahir O'Doherty † Phelim MacDavitt † | ||||||
O'Doherty's Rebellion, also called O'Dogherty's Revolt, was an uprising against the Crown authorities in western Ulster, Ireland. Sir Cahir O'Doherty, lord of Inishowen, a Gaelic chieftain, had been a supporter of the Crown during the Nine Years' War (1593–1603), but angered at his treatment by Sir George Paulet, governor of Derry, he attacked and burned Derry in April 1608. O'Doherty was defeated and killed in the Battle of Kilmacrennan in July. The rebellion ended with the surrender of the last die-hards at the Siege of Tory Island later in the same year.