What is recorded here
Richard de Clare, Steward of Forest of Essex, died at the Battle of Dysert O'Dea on 10 May 1318. Legend claims he saw a woman in white washing bloody clothes the day before, hearing her say they were his before she vanished. He kept his promise to fight, fell in the battle, and left behind a young son whose claim passed to his father's sisters.
Why this person is known: Irish noble
- Place of death
- Dysert O'Dea Monastery
Places near here
Wall monument in MollaneenWall monument · 12 yd
Dysert Church (in ruins)Church · 15 yd
Cloigtheach Round TowerRound tower · 34 yd
St. Tolas CrossCross, High cross · 135 yd
O'Dea CastleCastle · 303 yd
Bawn in Dysert (inchiquin By.)Bawn · 312 yd
Ballygriffy WoodWood · 2.8 mi
Battle of TullyodeaBattlefield · 3.0 mi
Rock IslandIsland · 3.0 mi
Inchiquin IslandIslet · 3.1 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 3.6 mi
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