Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, also counted as 15th or 16th, owned large part of the Irish province of Munster. In 1565 he fought the private Battle of Affane against his neighbours, the But
Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond leaves via Lough Swilly for France, c. 1575. (J. C. McRae after H. Warren, 1884)
Memorial at the site of the 14th Earl's beheading.
Second Desmond Rebellion
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The Second Desmond Rebellion was the more widespread and bloody of the two Desmond Rebellions in Ireland launched by the FitzGerald Dynasty of Desmond in Munster against English rule. The second rebel
Dún an Óir
The Askeaton Friary was burned during Malby's attack
Carrigafoyle Castle
Monument erected in 1980 at Dún an Óir to the mercenaries executed after the Siege of Smerwick, October 1580