Siege of Smerwick
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The siege of Smerwick took place at Ard na Caithne in November 1580, during the Second Desmond Rebellion in Ireland. A force of between 400 and 700 Papal freelance soldiers, mostly of Spanish and Ital
The massacre site today
Memorial to the victims of the massacre at Dún an Óir
Ard na Caithne
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Ard na Caithne, sometimes known in English as Smerwick, is a bay and townland in County Kerry in Ireland. One of the principal bays of Corca Dhuibhne, it is located at the foot of an Triúr Deirfiúr an
Siege of Smerwick
…The siege of Smerwick took place at Ard na Caithne (the Hill of the Arbutus Tree, known in English as Smerwick) in November 1580, during the Second Desmond Rebellion in Ireland. A force of between 400…
View over Ard na Caithne
Sign at Ard na Caithne
View from An Triúr Deirféar
Entrance to Béal Bán Strand, Ard na Caithne