Dún an Óir

Dún an Óir (The Fort of Gold) was the site of one of the bloodiest events in Irish history. In November 1580, during the Second Desmond Rebellion, an 800 strong English army, under the command of Baron Arthur Grey, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, attacked and defeated the forts’ combined Spanish, Italian and Irish rebel garrison. This headland was first used as the site for a fortress in the Iron ...