What the records say
- When
- 5 Aug 1575
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 600
- Coordinates
- 55.30° N, 6.17° W
- Description
- English massacre against Scottish and Irish civilians in 1575
Rathlin Island massacre
1575 English massacre of Scottish and Irish
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 killed by English Crown forces under the command of Francis Drake and John Norreys.
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