Sunny Sunday #kinsale #march16

Every year I have to make Irish Christmas Eve just a wee bit shitty...ahhh Kinsale, why....every year it still ends the same way ☹️

From the Battle of Callan to the Battle of Kinsale. New video out now on the fascinating history of the MacCarthy Mór lordship in Kerry and Cork! #McCarthy #MacCarthy #Kerry #irishhistory #irishheritage #clanhistory #medieval #irishhistory #irish #cork #History #familyhistory youtu.be/wOR_N7EOVe4

OTD 1601 Last part of Spanish expedition arrived. Pedro de Zubiaur landed at Castlehaven. Six ships (bad weather forced 4 back) carried 650 men but Zubiaur appeared more concerned with fortifying his position than reinforcing the Irish-only 200 were sent to Tyrone #nineyearswar

Vicious fighting in freezing cold rain and darkness, it was a terrifying and confusing affair but English claimed to have killed 200 of Aguila's men for just a few officers and 25 of their own, however distorting losses was common and Spanish accounts give a different story.

OTD 1601 Agulia's men sallied from #Kinsale in force against the English siege works. The English were pushed back & the new fort (raised the night before) captured. Spikes were used to cloy the English cannon but strong counterattacks forced Spanish into the town #nineyearswar