My club ride took me through #kinsale today, just as the sun came out. It was a nice change of pace from the heavy mist and drizzle during the first part of the ride #cycling #ireland

6 Jan 1602: After #Kinsale Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire aka Florentius Conrius #Franciscan leaves Castlehaven #Cork with Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill for #Spain #otd (JMcC) He would go on to found the #Irish college at #Leuven & become Archbishop of #Tuam among many other things

2 Jan 1602: #Spanish forces agree surrender terms #otd at #Kinsale #Cork with Lord Deputy Mountjoy (BM)

11 Dec 1625: Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon limps into #Kinsale Co. #Cork on his flagship the Awn Royal after the failure of a #Cadiz expedition - a drunken disaster after the troops went wild on barrels of new wine.

10 Dec 1601: First #English attack on the #Spanish forces at #Kinsale #Cork is repulsed #otd (BM/CMichel)