Dursey Island
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Dursey Island lies at the southwestern tip of the Beara Peninsula in the west of County Cork in Ireland. Dursey Island is 6.5 kilometres long and 1.5 kilometres wide. The island is separated from the
Aerial view from the east
Standing stones on Dursey
The cable car and Dursey Sound, viewed from Dursey Island (September 2015)
Ecclesiastical ruins and graveyard at Ballynacallagh
Dursey massacre
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The Dursey massacre, also called the Dursey Island massacre, took place in June 1602 during the Nine Years' War on Dursey Island off the Beara Peninsula in southern Ireland. According to Philip O'Sull
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…Years' War. Philip O'Sullivan Beare claimed that all of the occupants of the castle were killed by a force under the command of George Carew in the Dursey massacre. The 300 islanders were killed; Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare gathered his people from across Cork and set off to take shelter with the O'Rourkes of…
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An information sign on Dursey, which questions aspects of Philip O'Sullivan Beare's account