"flight of earls" meaning in English

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        "the departure into exile of the Irish chieftain Hugh O'Neill and his followers in 1607."
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        "(Ireland, historical) the departure into exile of the Irish chieftain Hugh O'Neill and his followers in 1607."
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          "ref": "1987, Liam Rielly, Song: Flight of Earls",
          "text": "So farewell you boys and girls, another bloody flight of Earls, Our best asset is now our best export too.",
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          "ref": "1994, Brendan Kennelly, Dark fathers into light, page 40",
          "text": "The 'flight of earls' theme with its various threnody on the decay of rural Irish life in song, ballad, play and fiction was everywhere […]",
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        "the mass emigration of the younger population in the 1970s and 1980s due to unemployment."
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        "(Ireland, poetic) the mass emigration of the younger population in the 1970s and 1980s due to unemployment."
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        "the departure into exile of the Irish chieftain Hugh O'Neill and his followers in 1607."
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