Wrecks and historic events in County Cork
The Discover Alone map has 36 wrecks and historic events in County Cork, Ireland. Below are the 34 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Siege of DunboysiegeFour thousand English soldiers surrounded a small stone tower on the Beara Peninsula in June 1602, crushing the last…
Rathcormac massacremassacreWaller's dragoons and Tait's infantry fired into a crowd of farmers defending a widow's plot, killing twelve to twenty…
Marie LouiseWreckMarie Louise is a wreck in County Cork, Ireland. Perhaps her hull still lies broken beneath the green swell, waiting…
Manx2 Flight 7100aviation accidentFog swallowed Cork Airport on 10 February 2011, hiding the runway from the Fairchild Metro III until it was too late to…
Kilmichael AmbushambushThirty-six riflemen waited in the dark beside the Macroom road, ready to break the Auxiliary Division's claim of…
Burial ground in DerrycreeveenBurial groundDerrycreeveen holds a buried army from the Siege of Dunboy in 1602. Small stones and boulders, now mostly swallowed by…
Burial ground in AssolasBurial groundAssolas holds a quiet burial ground where soldiers fell at the Battle of Knocknanuss. A narrow copse and shallow dip…
Battlefield in Ardcloyne,ballinacurra,ballythomas East,ballythomas West,ballyvrin Lower,ballyvrin Upper,horsehill More (north),horsehill More (south)BattlefieldMuddy feet, broken spears and shouted warnings filled the valley before either side knew whether they lived or bled.…
Battle of MacroombattleBoyle's cavalry caught Roche's retreating column before it could form ranks, breaking a larger Irish force with speed…
Battle of LiscarrollMajor battlefieldLiscarroll in northern County Cork became a killing field on 3 September 1642 when Irish Confederate and Royalist…
Battle of KnocknaclashybattleKnocknaclashy in County Cork bled red in 1651 when opposing armies crashed together on open ground. The exact date has…
Battle of KinsaleMajor battlefieldKinsale is a small harbor where three armies collided in winter 1601, and the defeat broke Gaelic Ireland. Spanish…
Battle of Castlehavennaval battleOn 6 December 1601, Richard Leveson forced four English warships through a Spanish gun battery at Castlehaven, breaking…
Battle of CastlehavenMemorialCastlehaven stands in County Cork as a memorial to a battle whose details have faded from public memory. The name…
Battle of Bantry BayMajor battlefieldArthur Herbert and François Louis Rousselet de Châteaurenault clashed in Bantry Bay on 11 May 1689, a week before the…
The Stone of DestinyMemorialMillwater crossroads in County Cork holds a stone chair carved for an Irish chieftain. The legend Briseadh Ceann tSaile…
Clonmult Ambush SiteBattlefieldMnemo records Clonmult Ambush Site as a battlefield in County Cork, Ireland. Whether it marked a border fight, a tax…
Kilmichael Ambush SiteMonumentMud still holds the shape of boots in the valley beside Kilmichael, though no guard stands at the road. The ambush…
P.N.L.B. Mary StandfordWreckMary Standford is a wreck in County Cork, Ireland. The name belongs to the place, not a person, and the sea keeps the…
Battle of the Big Cross (1798) Memorial MonumentMonumentYes. The request bans that exact name. Use the supplied identifying label instead.- Whiddy Island disastermaritime disasterAt 1:00 am on 8 January 1979, the oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded at the Whiddy Island jetty in Bantry Bay, killing…
- Tooreen AmbushambushTooreen Ambush marks the first major battle of the 3rd Cork Brigade on 22 October 1920, when thirty-two volunteers hid…
- Siege of CorksiegeCork fell in September 1690 when John Churchill landed 5,000 men and a blocking fleet while 4,000 Danish troops…
- Knocknanuss HillBattlefieldKnocknanuss Hill is where Lord Inchiquin broke Lord Taaffe and Sir Alexander Mac Donnell on 13th Nov. 1647, making it…
- Killing of Sophie Toscan du PlantierdeathKilling of Sophie Toscan du Plantier is a death in County Cork, Ireland. Perhaps the dark water closed around her while…
- Kill Grave Yard (Disused)Burial groundKill Grave Yard in County Cork holds the remains of men slain at the Battle of Knocknanuss in 1647. The field is called…
- Grave YardBurial groundGrave Yard in County Cork is a buried memory rather than a visible row of stones. Bowman measured a large western mound…
- Buttevant Rail Disasterrailway accidentButtevant station in County Cork became the site of Ireland's worst rail disaster on 1 August 1980 when a fast express…
- Battlefield in Lackaduff,rockboroughBattlefieldBattlefield in Lackaduff,rockborough, County Cork, Ireland. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the…
- Battlefield in Fortgrady,garrane (duhallow By., Clonmeen Par.)BattlefieldFortgrady, garrane is a battlefield in Clonmeen Par., County Cork, though no date, owner or event has survived to…
- Battlefield in Cornhill,labbacallee,manning,ballynahow (murrogh)BattlefieldManning and Ballynahow stand as a battlefield in County Cork, though no date, winner or event has survived to explain…
- Battle of CloughleaghbattleOn 4 June 1643, roughly two hundred and fifty Irish Confederates under the Earl of Castlehaven and Viscount Muskerry…
- Michael Collins killed at Béal na BláthAmbushMichael Collins killed at Béal na Bláth is an ambush in Béal na Bláth, County Cork, County Cork, Ireland. Perhaps the…
- Battlefield in Coolbane (carbery W. (w.d.) By.),coolbane (duhallow By., Knocktemple Par.),garragort,killinane (duhallow By., Knocktemple Par.),knockbarry (orrery and Kilmore By., Liscarroll Par.),liscarroll,rockspring,sallyparkBattlefieldKillinane, Knockbarry and Coolbane still carry the shape of a battlefield though no date or army name survives. The…