Rathlin Island
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Rathlin Island is an island and civil parish off the coast of Northern Ireland. It is part of County Antrim and is Northern Ireland's northernmost point. As of the 2021 Census there were 141 people li
The old Rathlin Island Ferry
Spirit of Rathlin Ferry 2019
Panorama of Rathlin Island
Malone hoard of polished axes made from material from Tievebulliagh
Rathlin Island massacre
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The Rathlin Island massacre took place on Rathlin Island, off the coast of what is now Northern Ireland, on 26 July 1575, when more than 600 Scots and Irish, retainers of MacDonnells of Antrim, were k
Rathlin Island
…Sidney devastated the island. In July 1575, the Earl of Essex sent Francis Drake and John Norreys to confront Scottish refugees on the island, and in the ensuing massacre, hundreds of men, women and children of Clan MacDonnell were killed. Also in 1642, Covenanter Campbell soldiers of the Argyll's Foot were encouraged…
Bruce's Cave, one of Rathlin Island's caves, etching by Mrs. Catherine Gage (1851)