Study shows size of Siege of Kinsale

New research into the Siege of Kinsale will be presented at international conference, writes writes Áilín Quinlan

Groundbreaking research into the Siege of Kinsale in 1601, in which some 7,000 people died, will be presented by a Cork archaeologist at a prestigious international conference later this week.

For the first time, the position of the English army’s trenches, forts and cannon in siegeworks which stretched across some 1,500 acres around the ancient Co Cork port have been comprehensively mapped and recorded.