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Dunboy Castle (Irish: Caisleán Dhún Baoi) is a ruined 15th-century castle on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland near the town of Castletownbere. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The castle's tower house and bawn were destroyed in the 1602 Siege of Dunboy , though its ruins remain open to the public.
The siege of Dunboy took place at Dunboy Castle between 5 June and 18 June 1602, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland.It was one of the last battles of the war. An English army of up to 5,000 under Sir George Carew besieged the castle, which was held by a Gaelic Irish force of 143 loyal to Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare.
Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare was born in 1560. [1] His father was killed in 1563, but he was considered too young to inherit and the clan's leadership passed to the chief's surviving brother Eoin, who was confirmed by Dublin Castle administration with the title Lord of Beare and Bantry.
In June, an English force attacked Dunboy Castle, one of the more prominent forts in O'Sullivan territory. [1] While O'Sullivan had returned south from Ulster, he was not present at the siege. While the main English force besieged Dunboy Castle, a detachment under George Carew attacked a small fort on the island of Dursey about 20 km away.
The latter was preparing to hand the castle over to English forces when O'Sullivan's men who took over the fort and overpowered them. Contrary winds and sickness forced the English to return and thus Dunboy remained in O'Sullivan's hands. Saavedra's men were however released and sent to English lines for transportation back to Spain. [77]
O'Sullivan (Irish: Ó Súilleabháin, Súileabhánach) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Cork and County Kerry.According to traditional genealogy, the O’Sullivans were descended from the ancient Eóganacht Chaisil sept of Cenél Fíngin, the founder of the clan who was placed in the 9th century, eight generations removed from Fíngen mac Áedo Duib, king ...
16th century (early castle) 17th century (current fort) Though internals were burned-out during the Civil War, key structures are intact (or rebuilt) and operated by the OPW as a heritage tourism site [13] James Fort (Old Fort) Kinsale (Castle Park) Pentagonal fort
MacGeoghan was born in Westmeath near Uisneach in 1702. His father was a moderately wealthy farmer, [1] belonging to the same prominent Geoghegan family as figures such as Richard MacGeoghegan (defended Dunboy Castle against George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes), Connell MacGeoghegan (translated the Annals of Clonmacnoise), [2] and Francis O'Molloy (author of the Lucerna Fidelium).