Abandoned Castle That Sparked the English Invasion of Ireland (Rock of Dunamase) | EP 62

[@rolfsinkgraven]

If in my younger years history lessons were given like this i would have been a learned man, great story and a very nice ruin.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thanks Rolf. I almost went into being a history teacher, but never quite made it. It was an inspired teacher that got me into ruins and history as well. I do keep hoping an enlightened teacher will notice my videos and use them in class some time!

[@MaryWhiteWolf]

@@DesertifyUrbex I minored in History and nearly became a teacher myself. Animal Science won out and I went on to become a veterinary technician instead. I may know a a teacher who may be interested in using your videos for his class. :-)

[@rosesperfumelace]

Wow! I could just listen to your commentary on the huge history about this place. And to see the actual ruins a bonus. Sad indeed all the tradgety that became of this place. Even a modern murder mystery. So much activity, yet it sits in a deafening silence. Loved this!❤

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Really does Marlena. I'd be surprised if it gets one visitor for every 1,000 that see places like Blarney. I tihnk its story is a caution against a number of things.

[@CFFarm]

It's awesome that you put the history in your finds ! Your narrative keeps me intrigued in all your travels, thank you!!

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Perfect! The stories are too good to gloss over or for some abandoned mansions and houses, to forget.

[@UrbanVikingExplorers]

This is an awesome place man. Thanks for showing it off!!

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thanks man! The view is crazy up there.

[@UrbanVikingExplorers]

@@DesertifyUrbex I would love to visit Ireland

[@jimmiller9043]

Grew up about 4 miles from there. Visited the site regularly. It is great to see it being appreciated. It is very impressive site and the views from the top are spectacular. Thank you for sharing and documenting it.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thank you for checking it's story out. It certainly is underappreciated and deserves more attention. Glad to do so.

[@christovisagie8373]

Thank you for a great history lesson.......yet sad to see RICH history slowly deteriorating...i honestly feel that modern governments should have funds available to maintain and save what is left. Great video...thank you

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thank you. While there are laws in Ireland there seem to be no funds, or very few allotted to preservation. In the US where we are based we have neither sadly.

[@LostAdventuresExploring]

love the history you put into these videos !! great work!

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thanks man!

[@misterangel8486]

Game of thrones:"we tell the story of dynasties, intrigue,murder, blood and war" Ireland: hold my beer amateur Impressive ruins. Strange how 1 spot can be the cause of so much history and tragedy. The location is problaby been in use since ancient times. It's a natural fort. Thanks for sharing 🙏👌

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Haha. Gold. It's so true. I think you're right that its history stretches beyond 800. Thanks man!

[@misterangel8486]

@@DesertifyUrbex your videos are always gold, so my pleasure🌟👍

[@flyingeaglewoman8682]

Excellent history lesson and seeing the ruins still left makes the stories come alive! Marvelous! Thank you once again, your filming and well modulated voice- makes for a lovely video/short film, easy to watch. Stay safe, be well.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thank you! I have a few more historic walkthroughs of Irish places still up the sleeve.

[@SueGirling68]

So many castles and other historic buildings are filled with the stories of murder and revenge. Thank you for taking us on a tour of one of those locations. x

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Welcome as always Sue :) Glad to share their stories.

[@conorkeogh623]

I am happy to live right beside this magnificent structure

[@VickieV1333]

You always bring history alive. Thank you fro bringing us these amazing videos.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thanks Vickie :)

[@andreaedginwynn9171]

Talk about built to last! The views are breathtaking and the remains are simply stunning!! What a contrast that this place of heart wrenching beauty was ruled by such base evil; seems that's too often the history. The words that sprang to my mind were those of Margaret Mitchell- Gerald O'Hara shouting to Scarlett that to anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them, land was the only thing that lasted, worth fighting for, worth dying for. Seems so fitting in this case. Thanks, as usual, for all your passionate hard work that went into taking us with you on this stellar journey!! Cant wait for the abandoned asylum explore with Pajerico!

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thanks Andrea! The next one should be big as it cover a couple buildings and our misadventure lol. I have some other great Irish histories on the way soon as well. I think about returning to Ireland almost daily. Such a beautiful place with so much struggle.

[@andreaedginwynn9171]

@@DesertifyUrbex I think about it and haven't even been there yet. I'm really hoping to go to Scotland late September this year! What's your favorite month/months of the year to go?

[@DesertifyUrbex]

@@andreaedginwynn9171 I would try out April or October as you're going to miss most of the crowds but have nice weather too :)

[@MaryWhiteWolf]

If one touches the stones and closes their eyes, the stones will tell of their story. I spent many a happy childhood summer in Dublin and knew of these ruins. Hauntingly beautiful ruins to be sure. Bless you for sharing them with us. :-)

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thanks Mary! They are a nice jaunt out of Dublin right in Laois. Glad to take you there :)

[@burningsandsexploration3711]

I am in awe of this place and the history. Gorgeous scenery. I always look forward to your videos. Thank you!!

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thank you so much! Always a pleasure to share the stories and places :)

[@source528]

Was just there today photographing. Thought id pop on here and get the historical context. Very impressed by your video. Keep up the great work 🇮🇪👍🏻

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thank you Paul! I did not realize just how special it was until I reached the top and could survey the countryside all around. It truly was an important location, and is amazing for photographs. I bet you got some good ones. I can't wait to get back, and had a planned trip in May that was cancelled. Such a beautiful place to live.

[@source528]

@@DesertifyUrbex I must admit, been here 34 years and only now getting to visit/photograph some incredeible locations has really opened my eyes to the vast beauty and majesty of Irish Landscape and historical locations. Sorry to hear things were cancelled due the COVID. Wishing you success and enjoyment on your future adventures.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

@@source528 Wow, that had to be eye opening. I've been obsessed since doing study abroad in Galway in 2000. Thank you, and do hope to be back soon!

[@LL-sq8se]

Amazing and beautiful!👍🙋🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🕊️🧚🌞

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thank you! The view is to die for.

[@cabbagenjam]

Great video, This very near my hometown. Hope you enjoyed the place. :)

[@DesertifyUrbex]

That's awesome to have it so close. A bit jealous!

[@nancysantamarialatica1141]

Huge ass fan here. And guy wow Ireland 🇮🇪 that’s some deep DeeP! history Lov the country and the people jus do Jealous I’m not there w u man Dig dig this channel you guys go way way out there.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

We have some other pretty awesome Ireland spots I will be doing some history bits on...and some wild Scottish locations that are very rarely seen. Can't wait to get back. Thank you for the support!

[@nancysantamarialatica1141]

Desertify Urbex: Abandoned Places always support this channel. I appreciate ur craft man. B safe th0 Again so jealous. Lov lov to b there w u

[@seamusfallon3104]

Did you miss all of them?

[@vejustice6091]

Wow, what an incredible history this place has. A long history, and bloody. This is such an interesting ruin. I esp like the narrow arched passageways . Ancient stone masonry gets to me every time. I have an old vcr tape from 2008 , an Irish Christmas at St Patrick's cathredal. At the beginning, the mayor of Dublin gave us 10,000 greetings and talked about some of the history of Dublin. He said Strongbow was prominent in Dublins history. When first coming into Dublin, he replaced all the wooden buildings with stone buildings to prevent the city from burning over and over again. He is interred in an old cathredal in Dublin which is still open so any of us cld go in and pay our respects, and the Vikings eventually became trading partners w the people of dublin and merged with them. Dublin had a long;, complicated Celtic name at tht time which is still the official name of Dublin to this day. I just abt wore tht tape out this past Christmas season. I very much enjoyed this video. Thank you!

[@DesertifyUrbex]

I did not know Strongbow did that. Certainly Diublin had a history of fighting for centuries before that. That tape sounds great. I first went in 2000 in a Gaelic study group and I've been hooked since. We have a few more already recorded Ireland site histories on the way along with the Scottish. Thanks so much!

[@proudinfidel2194]

There was a battle not far from here called the Battle of the Plumes . Lord Essex after leaving the Pale on his way south was heavily mauled by the O Moore Clan. He was later executed on the orders of Queen Elizabeth. Cosby’s and O’Moores fought a pitched battle in the year 1608 in the Glyn of Aughnahelly under the Rock of Dunamace. This engagement is reputed to have been bloody . Fortune this time favouring Cosby, www.stradballyhall.ie/history/

[@vejustice6091]

@@proudinfidel2194 thank u for this history. Both fasinating and complicated. I wld luv to get back over there again, soo much I have not experienced. Thks ! 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙Ireland💙Strongbow

[@melblues3847]

Awesome location, you can see why they chose it, you can see the enemy approaching for miles.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

There is something to be said for conforming fortifications to natural terrain, and it's a very Celtic approach. Today it almost seems like part of the hill. One of my favorite castle views up there with Harlech, Conwy, and Caernarfon.

[@Beachbum3579]

Excellent work :) thank you for such a wonderful vid!

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thank you so much for watching and exploring it with us!

[@missmarple7639]

Thank you!

[@DesertifyUrbex]

You are welcome!

[@HalloUrbex]

Great place

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thank you!

[@UNFORTUNATELYITME]

What a great narrator you are

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thank you! I guess I am lucky in that regard, as I think it is the stories that each place holds that are the key to understanding their abandoned states.

[@jackyhawkins1895]

Beautiful colours from the land. I had a Male relative who was Mayor of one part of Ireland and had a street named after him. Unfortunately my history book, who was my mum is no longer with me 😣 thank you for your hard work

[@DesertifyUrbex]

That's a big loss. I had somebody intentionally burn my own family history records. It's hard to say if oral tradition in this regard lasts longer than written. Glad to share this piece of history and scenery with you :)

[@amccane7852]

The mysterious pit was the cess pit.

[@BillWhirl]

Correct and right

[@elizabethtorres6069]

Even with its tragic history and blood shed, it is an amazingly spectacular view. I did hear about the disappearance of Mr. William Delaney. I pray that the story about his demise are false, and that he is found alive and well, and headed safely home.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Thank you. That would be great news to hear. It seems like sometimes these sites are maybe just too convenient for nafarious activities or attract them.

[@angiepatterson2012]

New here!. Have you done history of William Wallis?

[@DesertifyUrbex]

No, but it is a topic I can see myself covering when back exploring in Scotland :) Welcome aboard!

[@mastergmoore]

As a descendant of the o mordha o thank you for the video and footage.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

That's awesome! Always great to hear when a video is seen by those related to the covered families. Thanks so much.

[@topphatt628]

The Lions used in French heraldry are called the creeping Leopard but are seldomly used in English heraldry.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Huh. Funny that there is a creeping wild cat in the French news right now. Heraldry is quite the complex subject.

[@antseanbheanbocht4993]

Really great to hear our history being told by you, it was repressed for so long it seems not even our own people know it. Incidentally, Pope Adrain was English, in fact the only ever English Pope. Some believe the papal bull was a fake.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

I had no idea Adrian was English. That puts a whole new spin on his actions. Also, that would make it real papal "bull" in another sense. My Scottish ancestors were annihilated due to a commonly thought to be faked claim on their clan lands by the Campbells. Not much of a stretch. I tried my best to balance lesser known facts and narratives in the video as things are never black and white. I appreciate the feedback as I had hoped I would do the story the justice it deserved! Thank you so much.

[@antseanbheanbocht4993]

@@DesertifyUrbex Ahh Mac Donald Clan. Thanks again for video, brilliant. Go raibh maith agat.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

@@antseanbheanbocht4993 Very close. MacGregor. Slan :)

[@connoroleary591]

More like the Welsh invasion of Ireland. Strongbow was Duke of Pembrokeshire and most if not all his men were Welsh. Hence the surname Walsh, is now one of the commonest names in Ireland. The English king only got involved later, when he feared the growing strength and power of the Welsh Normans.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

It's funny how that often works, I suppose. You could say the same of the Normans being French as they had intermarried into them before moving to Wales as well. While genetically sometimes partially Welsh from marriage, the Normans in Wales were both hated and not considered Welsh at all by the native population.

[@connoroleary591]

@@DesertifyUrbex yes, I suppose we are all intermingled. A mixture of all the people that settled in the UK and Ireland. There is no Irish person alive who is not a mix of Norse, Norman, Welsh, Scottish and English. We should be proud of that, rather than imagine we are of such a pedigree stock, that we'd win the racial equivalent of the gold prize in Crufts dog show! Great video by the way. Thank you.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

@@connoroleary591 Lol. That's very accurate. anywhere you go. People often have a much larger breadth of ancestry than they imagine or pretend to. I hope to be back in Ireland soon to create some more of these. Sadly the May trip was axed due to Covid.

[@BillWhirl]

It is a wonderful reminder to all who pass it every day that wealth and power are fickle possessions,

[@DesertifyUrbex]

They truly are. Thanks for exploring it with us.

[@stargo2931]

I was waiting..

[@stargo2931]

Looks like Riddermark sitting up on the hill..... Looking for some horsemen to come riding out asking me what am I doing on their land.🏆🍀😂🌹

[@DesertifyUrbex]

You are so right. Tolkien was a huge fan of English history and you never know. He may have had this place in mind lol. Never saw Wormtongue, but he may have been hiding out.

[@stargo2931]

@@DesertifyUrbex 🍀🌹💖

[@JokersNation]

Ok I like it. Very well done. I like it. I know I subscribed to you already once lets see if this time it sticks.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Awesome. Thank you and hopefully it stays. Always good to know when youtube unsubs people secretly. All too common.

[@JokersNation]

@@DesertifyUrbex just glad you shared that link because it made me go to your page and checked or we wouldn't of noticed..

[@daithi159]

I am celt true and true it's in my blood literally, it's crazy how Irish history goes full circle ie the Normans descent from king rollo (viking) . Silkenbeard lost and fast forward his ancestors came back and took over. I suppose the worst invasion in Ireland is recently called the European union. The Irish shall never be free

[@DesertifyUrbex]

The history truly does repeat, doesn't it. Thanks for watching!

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

Great video! however, King Henry wasn't exactly English being born in France and all, nor were most of the Normans who invaded Ireland, they were really a mixture of people, I can see how some might view them as such though.I reckon the dialect yola of forth and bargy is very close to what the Norman colonists would have sounded like. You can look it up if you're interested.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

That's true. I didn't want to get too sidetracked going over vikings mixing to become Normans, gaining the throne of England and then later serving the Plantagenets. These epics get long in the tooth, though it's worth mentioning!

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

@@DesertifyUrbex That Diarmait Mac Murchada sure was a mad fucker though lol get a time machine and bring him back, and then give him a flame thrower and a knife and send him into enemy lines.

[@DesertifyUrbex]

Crazy ax wielding maniac that he was, that might just regain his name lol.

[@UrbanVikingExplorers]

I guess my viking people destroyed this place. Oops

[@DesertifyUrbex]

An understatement lol.

[@UrbanVikingExplorers]

@@DesertifyUrbex lol

[@antseanbheanbocht4993]

Ahh but we beat you in Tara in 980 and in Glenmama in 999, and Brian Borimhe dealt the final blow in Clontarf 1014, admittedly though he had some Vikings in his army.

[@UrbanVikingExplorers]

@@antseanbheanbocht4993 yes I know lol.

[@Porkcylinder]

‘Invasion’ let’s get it right here it was an invitation. I know a lot of victim badge wearers won’t like that fact but there’s been a lot of chips on shoulders that need educating.

[@nahthanka5273]

Even if you don't think the initial attack was invasion (it was by the way, because diarmait had no right to 'invite' people into lands he was legally stripped of by the high king) you have to admit that the English breaking the treaty of Windsor to attack Connacht and other areas of Ireland after 1175, can only be called an invasion.

[@Porkcylinder]

@@nahthanka5273 more Irish in England than ever was the other way. WhT do you call that?

[@Porkcylinder]

@@nahthanka5273 diarmait would strongly refute your claim.

[@nahthanka5273]

@@Porkcylinder Not quite sure what you mean by the first comment. In terms of Diarmait, a rapist who was stripped of his title and banished from Ireland by the high king for abducting a noble woman, I couldn't care less what he said. Legally he had no claim and the English still broke a treaty by attempting to take more of Ruaidrí's realm.

[@Porkcylinder]

@@nahthanka5273 so he lost his title of Irishman too? You could are less? Well that’s good neither could I. I was merely pointing out the fact that the ‘English’ only arrived on invitation an Irishman. Sorry if that fact bothered you. I couldn’t give a shiny shyte personally.