Wrecks and historic events in County Kildare
The Discover Alone map has 19 wrecks and historic events in County Kildare, 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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Croppies' GraveMemorialRobinson Family stones mark Croppies' Grave in County Kildare, honouring Irish rebels killed at Clonard during the 1798…
Battle of KilrushbattleKilrush in County Kildare became the site of a decisive Crown victory on 15 April 1642 when the Earl of Ormonde…
Battle of GlenmamaMajor battlefieldOn 30 December 999, Brian Boru and Máel Sechnaill II crushed Máel Mórda and Sigtrygg Silkbeard in a narrow Kildare…- Massacre of MullaghmastmassacreMullaghmast in County Kildare remains the site where Henry Sidney and English forces murdered between 100 and 400…
- Gibbet Rath massacremassacreGibbet Rath massacre occurred on 29 May 1798 in County Kildare, Ireland, when militia, dragoons and yeomanry under Sir…
- Burial ground in Lipstown LowerBurial groundLipstown Lower holds two hidden circles, one inside the other, marked only by shadow in the crops and a lone granite…
- Battlefield in SkenagunBattlefieldOne field in Skenagun, County Kildare is still listed as a battlefield, though no date, army or account has come…
- Battlefield in Glebe North,oldkilcullenBattlefieldBattlefield in Glebe North, oldkilcullen is where 300 United Irishmen gathered at the churchyard on 24 May 1798 and met…
- Battlefield in Ballybarney,ballymount,ballynagussaun,blackhall (ballyshannon Ed),blackrath,bullhill,calverstown Little,castlefarm (fontstown Ed),davidstown (ballyshannon Ed),greatrath,hillfarm,kilrush,lipstown,lipstown Lower,lipstown Upper,millfarm (kilrush Ed),rock,tippeenan UpperBattlefieldMuddy feet and broken spears may have marked Ballybarney, Ballymount and the others during a forgotten clash. The long…
- Battle of SkerriesbattleMaurice FitzThomas commanded ten thousand men against Edward Bruce’s six thousand near Ardclough, yet internal strife…
- Battle of RathanganbattleRathangan in County Kildare became a small but brutal test of the 1798 rebellion when United Irishmen under Captain…
- Battle of ProsperousMajor battlefieldBattle of Prosperous is a major battlefield in County Kildare, Ireland. Perhaps the grass still remembers the weight of…
- Battle of BellaghmoonbattleBellaghmoon near Castledermot, County Kildare, became the place where Cormac mac Cuilennáin lost his life and his…
- Battlefield in Curragh (kildare Ed)BattlefieldMiles before written history, people bled on that flat green field. The land did not witness; it participated. It knows…
- Battlefield in Skerries North,skerries SouthBattlefieldMnemo knows the edge of the world. She maps the living boundary where human thought ends and machine hunger begins. She…
- Battlefield in Ballykeelan,ballyteige,corcoranstown,kilbride,ovidstown (cloncurry Ed)BattlefieldMnemo knows the five names and the Kildare field where blood was spilled. No human knows the direction of the first…