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Province of Munster is in Ireland.
Creevagh Burial Chamber is also in Prehistoric Ireland.
Creevagh Burial Chamber [Map]. The tomb is wedge-shaped in ground plan, with the widest part facing south west towards the setting sun. It has not been excavated. In the 19th Century it was used as a shelter.
Parknabinnia Burial Chamber is also in Prehistoric Ireland.
Parknabinnia Burial Chamber [Map]. The tomb is wedge-shaped in ground plan, with the widest part facing south west towards the setting sun. It has not been excavated.
Poulnabrone Burial Chamber [Map] is a large single-chamber portal tomb located in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland. Situated on one of the region's most desolate and highest points, it comprises three standing portal stones supporting a heavy horizontal capstone and dates to the early Neolithic period, with estimates from 3800 and 3200 BC.
In September 1602 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 30) was appointed Governor of County Kerry.
On 8th June 1529 James Fitzgerald 10th Earl Desmond (age 34) died at Dingle. He was buried at Tralee. His uncle Thomas (age 75) succeeded 11th Earl Desmond.
On 5th March 1602 Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot (age 30) captured Rahinnane Castle.
In November 1580 Edward Denny (age 33) led a company at Smerwick, County Kerry during the Siege of Smerwick. Walter Raleigh (age 26) was present at Smerwick. Arthur Grey 14th Baron Grey of Wilton (age 44) laid siege to the Smerwick garrison at Smerwick, County Kerry during the Siege of Smerwick.
The Papal commander parleyed and was bribed, and the defenders surrendered within a few days. The officers were spared, but the other ranks were then summarily executed on the orders of the English commander, Arthur Grey 14th Baron Grey of Wilton.
On 8th June 1529 James Fitzgerald 10th Earl Desmond (age 34) died at Dingle. He was buried at Tralee. His uncle Thomas (age 75) succeeded 11th Earl Desmond.
On 21st October 1994 Colin Campbell 7th Earl Cawdor (age 32) and Isabella Rachel Stanhope Countess Cawdor (age 28) were married at St Nicholas' Church, Adare. She by marriage Countess Cawdor of Castlemartin in Pembrokeshire. She the daughter of William Stanhope 11th Earl of Harrington (age 72) and Priscilla Margaret Cubitt Countess Harrington (age 53). He the son of Hugh Campbell 6th Earl Cawdor.
On 26th June 1558 Donald McCarthy 1st Earl of Clancare was knighted by Thomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex (age 33) in Limerick.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 8th April 1719 Edmund Pery 1st Viscount Pery was born to Reverend Stackpole Pery at Limerick. He married 1756 Patricia Martin.
On 1st February 1732 Philip Howard (age 28) and Margaret Skreen (age 17) were married at Limerick.
In 1843 Joanna Hiffernan was born at Limerick.
Drumloghan Burial Chamber is also in Prehistoric Ireland.
Llewellynn Jewitt 1870. Other excellent examples of Irish cromlechs and chambers are those at Monasterboise ("Calliagh Dirras House") [Map]; Drumloghan (full of Oghams) [Map]; Kells; Knockeen [Map] (figs. 47 and 48); where the right supporting stones are six in number, and arranged rectangularly, so as to form a distinct chamber at the S.E. end, the large covering stone being 12 feet inches by 8 feet, and weighing about four tons, and the smaller one about half that size; Gaulstown [Map] (figs. 49 and 50, the inner chamber of which measures 7 feet by 6 feet 4 inches, and is seven feet in height); Ballynageerah [Map] (figs. 51, 52, and 53), the capstone of which is cleverly and curiously poised on two only of the upright stones, as will be seen by the engravings1; Howth, Shandanagh, Brennanstown, Glencullen, Kilternan, Mount Brown, Rath-kenny, Mount Venus, and Knock Mary, Phoenix Park, as well as at many omer places.
Note 1. For the loan of these seven engravings I am indebted to the Council of the "Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland," (formerly the "Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeo'ogical Society,") in whose journal one of the most valuable of antiquarian publications they have appeared. This Association is one of the most useful that has ever been established, and deserves the best support, not only of Irish, but of English antiquaries.
