The Islands of Ireland: Clan’s fate sealed in fort off the coast of Cork

An old map proves to be a clue to an amazing story. The old Ordnance Survey maps, which are available online, offer fascinating information about our history, writes Dan MacCarthy.

There is a plethora of in-depth data on estates, old place names, churches, and castles. Ireland’s narrative. Dursey Island in the Beara Peninsula is well known as the site of the massacre by Queen Elizabeth the First’s commander George Carew of about 300 followers of the last Gaelic chieftain Donal Cam O’Sullivan Beare — men, women, and children.