Wrecks and historic events in County Dublin
The Discover Alone map has 26 wrecks and historic events in County Dublin, Ireland. Below are the 22 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
Open County Dublin on the mapW18539WreckW18539 is a wreck in County Dublin, Ireland. Perhaps the twenty-metre barge has sat motionless since the canal stopped…
death of Brian MurphydeathSussex Road in Dublin 2 became a scene of fatal violence when Brian Murphy, an eighteen-year-old student, was kicked to…
Burning of the Custom Housearmed conflictFire climbed the Custom House walls on 25 May 1921, turning a grand British office into a glowing wound in Dublin. More…
Burial ground in Unknown TownlandBurial groundUnknown Townland is not a separate place but a label for several Dublin streets where sword-bearing bodies emerged…
Battle of RathminesMajor battlefieldBattle of Rathmines is a major battlefield in County Dublin, Ireland. Perhaps Rathmines is the forgotten half of…
Battle of DublinMajor battlefieldThe Battle of Dublin began on June 28, 1922, when street fighting erupted across the city, marking the violent start of…
Battle of ClontarfMajor battlefieldOn 23 April 1014, Brian Boru and Sigtrygg Silkbeard collided on the Clontarf shore, mixing Irish blood with Viking…
Killing of David ByrnemurderKilling of David Byrne is a murder in County Dublin, Ireland. Perhaps the ordinary streets hid a sudden violence that…- Siege of DublinsiegeOrmonde and Inchiquin threw five thousand eight hundred men around Dublin in June 1649, believing the city would…
- 1933 Dublin riotriotOn the night of 27 March 1933, five thousand anti-communists surrounded Connolly House on Great Strand Street…
- murder of Raonaid MurraymurderRaonaid Murray, a bright seventeen-year-old writer-to-be from Glenageary, was stabbed to death in County Dublin during…
- Dublin and Monaghan bombingsbomb attackThirty-three civilians died and nearly three hundred were wounded when coordinated car bombs struck Dublin and Monaghan…
- Battlefield in Unknown TownlandBattlefieldClontarf is a battlefield where Brian Boru and the Vikings collided on Good Friday, 1014, though the exact killing…
- Battlefield in Rathmines Great,rathmines LittleBattlefieldBlood soaked Rathmines soil in 1649, when Ormond's forces and Jones's garrison clashed beneath a summer sky. The land…
- Battlefield in Kilsallaghan,castlefarm (nethercross By., Kilsallaghan Ed)BattlefieldKilsallaghan castle and the neighbouring churchyard of St. David's became a bloody battleground in 1642 when Colonel…
- Battlefield in Clonliff East,clonliff South,clonliff WestBattlefieldMael Sechniall's southern army broke against a narrow Leinster defence at Clonliffe in 1086, losing allied kings and…
- Battle of IslandbridgeMajor battlefieldIslandbridge marks the place where Niall Glúndub and the native Irish collided with Sitric Cáech and the Dublin Vikings…
- Bachelor's Walk massacremassacreOn 26 July 1914, King's Own Scottish Borderers opened fire on unarmed civilians on Bachelor's Walk, killing four people…
- shooting of Michael Barrdeathshooting of Michael Barr is a death in County Dublin, Ireland. Perhaps the gun fired at dawn when the city still…
- shooting of Gareth Hutchdeathshooting of Gareth Hutch is a death in County Dublin, Ireland. Perhaps the victim was twenty when the gun fired. Maybe…
- Killing of Ana KriégelmurderKilling of Ana Kriégel is a murder in County Dublin, Ireland. Perhaps the date 2018-05-14 marks the moment innocence…
- Battlefield in Castleknock (without Phoenix Park)BattlefieldNo reliable witness record survives for the events of that day. The accounts preserve only the claims of the victors…