Wrecks and historic events in County Donegal
The Discover Alone map has 20 wrecks and historic events in County Donegal, Ireland. Below are the 16 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 Tory IslandsiegeInside a starving castle on Tory Island, Sir Mulmory MacSweeney stopped defending his fellows and started hunting them…
Siege of DonegalsiegeDonegal resisted Hugh Roe O'Donnell's siege in 1601 because Niall Garve O'Donnell held it for the Crown, pitting one…
Battle of ScarrifholisbattleOn 21 June 1650, Charles Coote's outnumbered Commonwealth force broke Heber MacMahon's Ulster army near Letterkenny…- When Balor Came West: The Second Battle of Mag TuiredMythic battle remembranceEochu Ollathair remembers Balor coming west to fight again on the flat ground below Aileach, north of Letterkenny. The…
- La Trinidad Valencera wreck siteeventLa Trinidad Valencera, one of the largest ships of the Spanish Armada, sank in Kinnagoe Bay during September 1588.…
- Creeslough explosionexplosionAt 3:17 pm on 7 October 2022, a suspected gas leak exploded inside an Applegreen petrol station and the apartments…
- Battlefield in Tully (kincraigy Ed),glenmaquin Lower,roosky (castleforward Ed)BattlefieldBattlefield in Tully (kincraigy Ed),glenmaquin Lower,roosky (castleforward Ed) marks a violent clash in County Donegal…
- Battlefield in Kilmacrenan (kilmacrenan Ed)BattlefieldKilmacrenan in County Donegal, Ireland, is an abandoned battlefield, though no human body or written witness remains to…
- Battlefield in Cloghore (carrickboy Ed),corlea (pettigo Ed)BattlefieldCloghore and Corlea both carry battlefield names, yet neither has a clear date or event attached. The land itself may…
- Battlefield in Ballyboe Lisenan,ballyraine,farsetmore,gortlee,kiltoy,magheranan,glebe (castlewray Ed)BattlefieldBallyboe, Lisenan, Ballyraine, Farsetmore, Gortlee, Kiltoy, Magheranan and Glebe formed one battlefield where local…
- Battle of GlenmaquinbattleOn 16 June 1642, Sir Felim O'Neill drove six thousand Confederate soldiers into the fertile Laggan Valley, only to…
- Battle of Binnion HillbattleBinnion Hill near Lifford, County Donegal, is where Calvagh O'Donnell defeated John O'Neill in 1557. Spies revealed the…
- Battle of BelleekbattleOn 10 October 1593, Hugh Maguire's Gaelic Irish army clashed with Sir Henry Bagenal's English force near the River Erne…
- Battlefield in Ardahee,ballyconnelly (ballymacool Ed),bomany,doon GlebeBattlefieldBog, brush and broken ground still mark the Ardahee battlefield where men bled before witnesses or memory arrived. The…
- Battlefield in Cloghfin (castlefin Ed)BattlefieldCloghfin in County Donegal is a registered battlefield, though the exact date and warring parties have vanished from…
- Battlefield in Doire LeathanBattlefieldDoire Leathan is a battlefield in County Donegal, Ireland. The wide valley may have swallowed armies, chariots or…