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The Massacre at Dún an Óir, Smerwick, Kerry, 1580
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Күн бұрынDún an Óir in Smerwick Harbour is now a beautiful and peaceful place. 400 years ago it was a site of a brutal massacre. In 1580 a force of around 600 Italians and Spaniards landed here. Outnumbered and outgunned by the English force which soon besieged them, the siege of the fort only lasted a few days. Afterwards most of the prisoners were massacred. One of the numerous atrocities carried out by Elizabethan forces in Ireland.
References
Berleth, Richard. The Twilight Lords.
Edwards, David. "Geraldine Endgame: reassessing the origins of the Desmond rebellion, 1573-9."
Oidreacht Chorca Dhuibhne Corca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula Archaeological Survey
Silk, John. Kinsale
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@NickRatnieks 10 ай бұрын
A key element of your video- and others, is you do not pass judgement. You explain the facts and the events, themselves and provide a wider context, so the events can be seen with a "wide angle" lens. This demands that you have to know and detail much more without just focusing on whatever ghastliness occurred -and that way we can draw our own conclusions and learn so much more, and that is how real history ought to be told. Well done.
@forasfeasa 10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for you lovely comment. It meant a lot! :-)
@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf 11 ай бұрын
Most English people don`t know about stuff like this mate
@forasfeasa 11 ай бұрын
I thought a lot would. I might see if I can post it on a few Facebook groups on English history...
@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf 11 ай бұрын
Looks beautiful like all your stuff does@@forasfeasa
@DidYaServe 5 ай бұрын
One of the most beautiful parts of the world when the clouds clear.
@forasfeasa 5 ай бұрын
Dingle, Iveragh, and Beara are all beautiful (at times in different ways). But you're right about when the clouds clear... I live in Valentia and can see the rain coming - and recently the weather has been so awful I can't see anything many days as I as stuck in a cloud!
@gaelicd8328 9 ай бұрын
Great piece. I really enjoyed the presentation 👍
@forasfeasa 9 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot. Glad you enjoyed it
@JesseP.Watson 11 ай бұрын
What a stunningly beautiful place... truly these are the Emerald Isles... tis a pity such beauty grants no immunity to corruption of the soul.
@forasfeasa 11 ай бұрын
Yes. It is an amazing place. Despite the history, it is amazingly tranquil. I had my kids with me, otherwise I could still be sitting there;
@michaelodonnell824 11 ай бұрын
Look at ANYWHERE the English went and you will that they were just as vicious and brutal there. The English were AND ARE Monsters...
@JesseP.Watson 11 ай бұрын
@@forasfeasa Just listening to an interesting talk on Dolmens from a team which travelled around N.Europe comparing various examples - thought you might like it - my comment will be hidden if I share a link here I think but if you search "Conversation Vicki Cummings Colin Richards Dolmens" here it should pop up.
@forasfeasa 11 ай бұрын
@@JesseP.Watson Thanks a million I will search that out
@JesseP.Watson 11 ай бұрын
@@forasfeasa 'Pleasure. All the best.
@Scotia6261 7 ай бұрын
There are 2 fields there ...Pairc na gceann and Pairc na gearrtha.....field of the heads and field of the cutting ......I was told tgat by a Dingle native a few years back and shortly after heads were discovered there again.
@forasfeasa 7 ай бұрын
I have heard that too, but I am not sure how far back that story goes. Gaelic Ireland suffered brutally between the 1550s and 1650s. It was destroyed in fact. There are various folk stories about the nine years war around Ireland. Some are accurate, others not so much. It is hard to know at times which is which
@knutclau705 5 ай бұрын
Sorry for my poor typing! Am already into celebrating St. Patricks day... 😂
@forasfeasa 5 ай бұрын
Enjoy St Patrick's Day... I'm trying to be good (and not succeeding too well!!)
@knutclau705 5 ай бұрын
@@forasfeasa"All joy desires eternity" (Nietzsche) enjoy the occasion, slainthe mhor!
@forasfeasa 5 ай бұрын
@@knutclau705 Slainte!!!!
@knutclau705 5 ай бұрын
@@forasfeasa working on it... ;-D
@feral7523 11 ай бұрын
Hi Eoin I was just re-watching the Vid you did with Irish medieval history on the 9year war, where you mentioned that you were currently working on a book about the Nine year war and I'm wondering if you've completed it yet and also if your related to James O'Neil that wrote a book on it?
@forasfeasa 11 ай бұрын
Very nearly.... Im revising the final chapter and workign on the conclusion. (It is huge, about 500,000 words long...)
@feral7523 11 ай бұрын
@forasfeasa good stuff looking forward to it's publication ,so are ye related ?just being nosy 🤓
@forasfeasa 11 ай бұрын
@@feral7523 No, I'm not related to him at all. (Not as far as I know, :-)
@goodmadehomemade 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing I give gift for you 👍✅🎁🎁🎁
@forasfeasa 10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much
@eoinoneillireneportela2223 11 ай бұрын
Brilliant video. English civilization as slaughter and flat land...
@forasfeasa 11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf 11 ай бұрын
Do some on the 9 years war please mate. We were winning that early on
@forasfeasa 11 ай бұрын
I would love to. I am trying to finish my book on it. I have around half a million words written. I have done a couple already. The problem is most of the battlefields were at the other end of the country. But hopefully I will manage somehow
@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf 11 ай бұрын
Cool. I`ll read it when it`s finished@@forasfeasa
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