1575 in Ireland

1575 in Ireland

Events

* Francis Drake (later victor over the Spanish Armada, then in the pay of the Earl of Essex) participated in a naval expedition that culminated in the massacre of 500 MacDonnell clans-people in a surprise raid on Rathlin Island. [Harry Kelsey, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8022 ‘Drake, Sir Francis (1540–1596)’] , "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2007.]

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