AndyGreat Hunger Memorial, Rathlin Island, Co Antrim.
#angortamór #Reachlainn #Rathlin #Aontroim #Antrim #Ireland #memorial #sruthnamaoile
#angortamór #Reachlainn #Rathlin #Aontroim #Antrim #Ireland #memorial #sruthnamaoile
gentlegardener#rathlin #northern Ireland looking toward #islay #scotland 30 miles away. Some crazy swim club swims across on occasion. Upside down lighthouse below the highest point to shine below the fog layer where boats amd ships could see it.
jdmccafferty26 July 1577: Sir John Norreys carries out a massacre on #Rathlin Island off the #Antrim coast: the MacDonnell garrison of 200 men & also 300-400 women & children who were there #otd
23 May 1603: Having submitted to Lord Deputy Mountjoy in Aug 1602, Randal MacDonnell is granted his extensive #Antrim territories by the viceroy #otd
These were confirmed in 1604 & with #Rathlin island added to the pot (Kenneth Allen)
28 Sept 1575: Henry Sidney writes #otd of Sorley Boy MacDonnell that his lands were "full of corn & cattle" & he himself "very haughty & proud by reason of lack of victories he hath had" Soon after #Rathlin was handed back to Sorley by Sidney.
(National Trust images)
(National Trust images)
26 July 1577: Sir John Norreys carries out a massacre on #Rathlin Island off the #Antrim coast: the MacDonnell garrison of 200 men & also 300-400 women & children who were there #otd
Sarah DalRathlin Island's Project to eradicate rats and ferrets - a fantastic piece on the Life Raft project from Channel 4 news
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dv2zhDjO_g
Peter Gray