- A
hobble (also, and
perhaps earlier, hopple), or
spancel, is a
device which prevents or
limits the
locomotion of an animal, by
tethering one or more legs...
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Spancill Hill or
Spancilhill (Ordnance
Survey spelling Spancel Hill for the hill and settlement,
Spancelhill for the
electoral division; Irish: Cnoc Uarchoille)...
- The
Battle of
Spancel Hill took
place in 1559 in
County Clare,
Ireland close to
modern Kilraghtis when a
force led by Sir
Donnell O'Brien
defeated his...
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Henriville Battle of
Quiapo 13
December –
Spanish defeat Mapuche 1559
Battle of
Spancel Hill Sir
Donnell O'Brien
defeats Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of
Thomond and...
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responded by
commissioning a
powerful love charm, the
spancel of
death (Irish: an
buarach bháis). The
spancel has been
described as "an
unbroken hoop of skin...
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farmers would spancel their cattle as they
waited to be sold. This area, on the
hillside beside the "Fairfield", was
called Spangle or
Spancel Hill.[citation...
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Kingdom of Ireland. He is best
known for his
victory at the
Battle of
Spancel Hill,
against his
nephew who was
supported by the
English government of...
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defeat on him and his ally, the Earl of Clanricarde, at the
Battle of
Spancel Hill.
Teige was
shortly afterwards arrested by Lord-justice
William FitzWilliam...
- The
withy hoop
found around his neck may
originally have been part of a
spancel used for
restraining animals. It was
probably used as a
garrotte to strangle...
- led by
Leonard Grey
routs an O'Donnell/O'Neill
force 1559 –
Battle of
Spancel Hill, a
conflict over the O'Brien
succession 1565 –
Battle of Glentasie...
