num_pages: 311
description: One of the only full-length treatments of the heroic struggle of the Irish clansmen in their effort to defend their faith and country against English encroachment and conquest in the 16th century.
language: English
title: Swords Around the Cross: The Nine Years War: Ireland's Defense of Faith and Fatherland, 1594-1603
titlecomplete: Swords Around the Cross: The Nine Years War: Ireland's Defense of Faith and Fatherland, 1594-1603
genres: Military History
ratings_count: 19
publisher: Christendom Press