What is recorded here
Waller's dragoons and Tait's infantry fired into a crowd of farmers defending a widow's plot, killing twelve to twenty people while not one soldier died. The state later dropped charges against the magistrates who ordered the collection, erasing the murder verdict from official memory.
Rathcormac massacre is a massacre in County Cork, Ireland.
- Date
- 1834-12-18
Places near here
post officepost office · 222 yd
Saint Bartholomew's Churchchurch/chapel · 325 yd
St Bartholomews WellHoly well · 690 yd
Gortroe Grave YardGraveyard · 1455 yd
Tower (in Ruins)Bawn · 1.2 mi
Devonshire's HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Monananig WoodsWood · 2.3 mi
Barrymore Castle or Castle LyonsHouse, fortified house · 2.8 mi
Moanbaun ForestForest · 3.7 mi
Pope's WellSpring · 4.1 mi
Coole WellVisitor information · 4.8 mi
Cappagh XViewpoint · 5.6 miOther information
Photo: Revd. Matthew Morgan · Public domain