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
Bruce's Cave, one of Rathlin Island's caves, etching by Mrs. Catherine Gage (1851)
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, was an English nobleman and general. From 1573 until his death he fought in Ireland in connection with the Plantations of Ireland, most notably the Rathlin Island m
Rathlin Island massacre
…thought it prudent to send their wives, children, elderly, and sick to Rathlin Island for safety. Acting on the instructions of Henry Sidney and the Earl of Essex, Francis Drake and John Norreys (or Norris) took the castle by storm. Drake used two cannons to batter the castle and when the walls gave in, Norreys…
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, as Earl Marshal of England, 1575
Lettice Knollys
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Dorothy and Penelope Devereux