The Rathlin Island massacre took place on Rathlin Island, off the coast of Ireland on 26 July 1575, when more than 600 Scots and Irish were killed. Rathlin...

a pirate in Spain for his raids. Drake was present at the 1575 Rathlin Island massacre in Ireland. Sir John Norris (or Norreys) and Drake, acting on the...

Rathlin Island (Irish: Reachlainn, pronounced [ˈɾˠaxlən̠ʲ]; Local Irish dialect: Reachraidh, Irish pronunciation: [ˈɾˠaxɾˠi]; Scots: Racherie) is an island...

Rathlin Castle, also known as Bruce's Castle, was a castle on Rathlin Island off the coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Rathlin Castle was probably...

in connection with the Plantations of Ireland, most notably the Rathlin Island massacre. He was the father of Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, who was Elizabeth...

happened on the island of Ireland (encompassing what exists today as the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) and are commonly called massacres. All those...

(1864–1902). Glencoe Massacre, a similar incident in Scotland Rathlin Island Massacre Massacre of Mullaghmast Treachery of the Long Knives Pollard, Albert...

O'Neill defeated by O'Donnell clan 1570 – Battle of Shrule 1575 – Rathlin Island Massacre 1583 – Battle of Aura – McQuillans, MacDonnells and O'Neills fight...

of Athenry 1574 CE : Clandeboye massacre 1575 CE : Rathlin Island massacre 1577 CE : Sack of Eigg 1577 CE : Massacre of Mullaghmast 1578 CE : Battle of...

of her time. Richard Chancellor grew up in Sidney's household. Rathlin Island Massacre "Sir William Sidney, of Penshurst". 1482. McNeill 1911, p. 42....

Irish mainland that Sorley Boy MacDonnell helplessly watched the Rathlin Island massacre. According to the Earl of Essex he boasted that Sorley Boy watched...

ultimately murdered". There were also massacres of local Catholics, such as at Islandmagee in County Antrim, and on Rathlin Island by Scottish Covenanter soldiers...

obliged to surrender with no quarter and all fell victim to the Rathlin Island Massacre, except the chief and his family, who were reserved for ransom...

on Kintyre in 1306, but was forced to leave. He later sheltered at Rathlin Island, which is less than twenty nautical miles (forty kilometres) away, and...

for an even more gratuitous massacre in Ulster, this time against the MacDonnells of Antrim in the Rathlin Island massacre (Essex accused the Clandeboye...

led his Covenanter troops from Argyll in the massacre of many local Catholic MacDonalds on Rathlin Island. On 2 February 1645, back in Scotland, he led...

Mull affords tremendous views and sunsets to the west including Ireland, Rathlin and Islay, and looks like a small piece of the Highlands. The road down...

and permission to employ 300 Scottish mercenaries. July 20–26 – Rathlin Island Massacre: English adventurers Francis Drake and John Norreys, acting for...

three days by Aonghus Óg Mac Domhnaill, before Aonghus took him to Rathlin Island. Some contemporary sources suggest that the castle was already under...

Devenish Island Loughbrickland Crannóg Lusty Beg Island Lustymore Island Ram's Island Rathlin Island White Island, County Fermanagh Lakes ("loughs") in Northern...

Islandmagee (from Irish Oileán Mhic Aodha, meaning 'Magee’s island/peninsula') is a peninsula and civil parish on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern...

officer Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, massacre the Catholic MacDonald residents of Rathlin Island. 7 September – Lord Forbes raises his unsuccessful...

Ireland were a sept of Clan Donald. MacDonnell migration to the Glens and Rathlin Island increased in the early 16th century after the clan had rejected overtures...

banks of the Newry River and killed "without any legal process". On Rathlin Island, Scottish soldiers from Clan Campbell were encouraged by their commanding...

to the easterly winds prevalent in spring. The only island of size is the L-shaped Rathlin Island, off Ballycastle, 11 km (6.8 mi) in total length by...

over twenty years before in revenge for the English massacre of clan dependents on Rathlin Island. O'Neill, The Nine Years War, p. 113 O'Neill, The Nine...

of that territory in Ireland. MacDonnell migration to the Glynns and Rathlin Island increased in the early 16th century (by way of swift galleys propelled...

with attacks on the Irish civilian population. Massacres of Catholic civilians occurred at Rathlin Island and elsewhere. The rebels from Ulster defeated...

Colla's rebels were driven back to Ireland; a small garrison remaining on Rathlin Island was defeated in June 1644. In 1644, Antrim recommended Mac Colla to...

religious societies, fraternities and traveller groups; past and present on Rathlin Island; diverse musical pieces, from the Belfast Harp Orchestra to blind fiddlers...