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Burial in Com Dhíneol Thuaidh

Burial

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Two Spanish Armada sailors may still lie buried in Com Dhíneol Thuaidh, their bones forgotten beneath the Kerry soil since the fleet fled or broke. The sea gave them up, the land took them in, and nobody marked the hole. They did not even keep a name for the men, only a shadow of two bodies waiting under the grass.
Two inhumed burials (KE052-059003- and KE052-059004-) were found here, reputedly associated with the Spanish Armada (local information; UCC). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 199. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 May 2013

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