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Dún 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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