What the records say
- When
- 1580
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 52.57° N, 9.49° W
- Description
- 1580 siege
Siege of Carrigafoyle Castle
16th-century siege in Kerry, Ireland
The siege of Carrigafoyle Castle took place on Easter in 1580 near modern-day Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland, on the southern bank of the Shannon estuary. The engagement was part of the English crown's campaign against the forces of Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond during the Second Desmond Rebellion.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Belagerung von Carrigafoyle Castle am Ufer des Flusses Shannon: Nach zweitägiger Belagerung erobern die Engländer die von den Anhängern des Earl of Desmond…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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