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Description: The fort at Dun an Oir (Fort del Oro) The site of an iron age fort. However, it is better known as the location of a bloody slaughter in 1580. Spanish soldiers arrived here to help the Irish in the Desmond rebellion against the English. The English, led by Lord Grey (and Sir Walter Raleigh) slaughtered 600 Spanish and tortured their Irish counterparts before killing them too.
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