 Ormonde took a less ruthless approach to the campaign than previous officers, preferring diplomacy to scorched-earth tactics.He contained the rebels to west Cork and Kerry and persuaded many of Desmond's closest relatives to surrender.On 11 November 1583 the end came when the Earl was killed in Glenaginty in the Slieve Mish Mountains (near Tralee in County Kerry) by the local Moriarty clan of Castledrum on the Dingle peninsula.