Siege of Smerwick

Victims	Unknown
Location	Dún an Óir near Ard na Caithne, Ireland 52°11′25″N 10°24′56″W / 52.190386°N 10.415546°W / 52.190386; -10.415546Coordinates: 52°11′25″N 10°24′56″W / 52.190386°N 10.415546°W / 52.190386; -10.415546
Result	English victory Papal troops massacred
Date	7–10 November 1580
Criminal penalty	Unknown

Siege of Smerwick

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Siege of Smerwick

Part of the Second Desmond Rebellion

Map of the English attack on Spanish and Italian forces at Smerwick

Date

7–10 November 1580

Location

Dún an Óir near Ard na Caithne, Ireland

52°11′25″N 10°24′56″W / 52.190386°N 10.415546°WCoordinates: 52°11′25″N 10°24′56″W / 52.190386°N 10.415546°W

Result

English victory

Papal troops massacred

Belligerents

Kingdom of England

Kingdom of Ireland

Papal States consisting of Spanish & Italian troops

Commanders and leaders

The 14th Baron Grey de Wilton

Sebastiano di San Giuseppe

Strength

~4,000

400–700

Sources

Possibly a persistent mistranscription of Dún an Áir, 'Fort of Slaughter')
The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Chapter IV. (1841)
Tony Pollard, Iain Banks. Scorched Earth: Studies in the Archaeology of Conflict. BRILL, 2007. p. 222
Meehan CP, "The rise, increase, and exit of the Geraldines, earls of Desmond" (1878) p.82
Falls, Cyril (1997) [1950]. "Chapter X The Desmond Rebellion: Last Phase". Elizabeth's Irish Wars. Syracuse University Press. pp. 142–144. ISBN 0-8156-0435-1.
Church, R. W. (2010) [1879]. Spenser. pp. 41–44. ISBN 978-1-4068-5574-6.
Calendar of State Papers Ireland, 14 November 1580.
Cusack, M. F. (1995) [1871]. The History of the Kingdom of Kerry. Edmund Burke Publisher. pp. 187–189. ISBN 9780946130122.
Cusack, M. F. (1868). An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800. Dublin.
Calendar of State Papers Ireland, 11 November 1580.
Saint-John, James Augustus. "Perpetrates the Massacre of Del Oro". Life of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552–1618, in Two Volumes. Vol. 1. pp. 52–77.
Nicholls, Mark; Williams, Penry (31 March 2011). "The Devon Man". Sir Walter Raleigh: In Life and Legend. p. 15. ISBN 9781441112095.
Wright, Thomas, ed. (1838). Queen Elizabeth and Her Times. pp. 120–122.
Lister, David (13 April 2004). "Massacre victims from Raleigh's time return to haunt Irish shore". The Times. London. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
"Dún an Óir". gokerry.ie. Retrieved 3 February 2022. The event is commemorated on site by a fine sculpture by Cliodhna Cussen, which was erected on the 400th anniversary in 1980

Siege of Smerwick

Victims	Unknown
Location	Dún an Óir near Ard na Caithne, Ireland 52°11′25″N 10°24′56″W / 52.190386°N 10.415546°W / 52.190386; -10.415546Coordinates: 52°11′25″N 10°24′56″W / 52.190386°N 10.415546°W / 52.190386; -10.415546
Result	English victory Papal troops massacred
Date	7–10 November 1580
Criminal penalty	Unknown

Introduction

Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

Caribbean and South America

Atlantic

European waters

Low Countries and Germany

France

Ireland

Sources

Possibly a persistent mistranscription of Dún an Áir, 'Fort of Slaughter')
The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Chapter IV. (1841)
Tony Pollard, Iain Banks. Scorched Earth: Studies in the Archaeology of Conflict. BRILL, 2007. p. 222
Meehan CP, "The rise, increase, and exit of the Geraldines, earls of Desmond" (1878) p.82
Falls, Cyril (1997) [1950]. "Chapter X The Desmond Rebellion: Last Phase". Elizabeth's Irish Wars. Syracuse University Press. pp. 142–144. ISBN 0-8156-0435-1.
Church, R. W. (2010) [1879]. Spenser. pp. 41–44. ISBN 978-1-4068-5574-6.
Calendar of State Papers Ireland, 14 November 1580.
Cusack, M. F. (1995) [1871]. The History of the Kingdom of Kerry. Edmund Burke Publisher. pp. 187–189. ISBN 9780946130122.
Cusack, M. F. (1868). An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800. Dublin.
Calendar of State Papers Ireland, 11 November 1580.
Saint-John, James Augustus. "Perpetrates the Massacre of Del Oro". Life of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552–1618, in Two Volumes. Vol. 1. pp. 52–77.
Nicholls, Mark; Williams, Penry (31 March 2011). "The Devon Man". Sir Walter Raleigh: In Life and Legend. p. 15. ISBN 9781441112095.
Wright, Thomas, ed. (1838). Queen Elizabeth and Her Times. pp. 120–122.
Lister, David (13 April 2004). "Massacre victims from Raleigh's time return to haunt Irish shore". The Times. London. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
"Dún an Óir". gokerry.ie. Retrieved 3 February 2022. The event is commemorated on site by a fine sculpture by Cliodhna Cussen, which was erected on the 400th anniversary in 1980

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