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IMPORTANT PLACES

Action scenes unfold connecting places, people and events from the Ottoman Empire to Rome, North Africa, Spain, France, the Netherlands, England, Ireland and Scotland.

  • Near Madrid. The Palace of El Escorial, seat of government built by Philip II, King of Spain from which to rule the world
  • Rome, Saint Peter's Basilica, and the Vatican Palace from which the line of succession from Saint Peter ruled the Catholic Church and both the temporal and spiritual world
  • Dunluce Castle, Antrim, Ulster and home of the MacDonnells of Antrim and the Isles fierce supporters of the Gaelic Order
  • Bonamargy Friary, Ballycastle, Antrim - burial place of Sorley Buidhe MacDonnell. Lord of Antrim and the Isles
  • Donegal Castle, Donegal, Ulster, residence of Hugh 'Roe' O'Donnell
  • A Crannog man-made island refuge used by the Gaels
  • The Ancient Rath on top of the Hill of Tullaghogue, residence of 'The O'Hagan', keeper of the Stone of Destiny, Chief Brehon of the O'Neill Clan and hereditary inaugurator of 'The O'Neill' as Prince of Ulster and successor to the High Kings of Ireland
  • The Church of Ireland chapel at Tullaghogue where a shard of the shattered Stone of Destiny is preserved today as a symbol of tolerance and A Desolate Peace in the keystone in the arch over the church porch
  • The Church of Ireland chapel at Tullaghogue where a shard of the shattered Stone of Destiny is preserved today as a symbol of  tolerance and A Desolate Peace in the keystone in the arch over the church porch.
    The Church of Ireland chapel at Tullaghogue where a shard of the shattered Stone of Destiny is preserved today as a symbol of tolerance and A Desolate Peace in the keystone in the arch over the church porch
  • The Hill of Tullaghogue, Tyrone, Ulster, residence of The O'Hagan, Keeper of the Stone of Destiny and Hereditary inaugurator of The O'Neill as Prince of Ulster and claimant to the High Kingship of Ireland
  • Inside the Ancient Rath of the Hill of Tullaghogue
  • The Rath of Tullagahogue
  • The Burial Ground of the O'Hagans in the shadow of the Hill of Tullaghogue, Tyrone, Ulster
  • The Grianan of Aileach Inishowen, Ulster. Ancient capital of the Northern O'Neills
  • Dublin Castle
  • Tower of London
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Chateau de Chenonceau, favourite residence of Catherine de' Medici

    Key to Map Index

    • The locations of events and scenes are alphabetically listed and numbered.
    • The number is geographically located on maps following the index.
    • Letters in brackets identify the location’s country — Ireland (I), England (E), Wales (W), Scotland (S) and the Continent (C) which includes North Africa.
    • The last column indicates the map # where the specific location can be found.

    Map 1

    Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and the Continent

    Map 2

    Ireland, England, Scotland, English Channel to Hamburg

    Map 3

    England, Wales and Scotland

    Map 4

    Ireland

    Map 5

    The River Thames

    Alphabetical Listing of Map Locations
    Location #
    Map #
    1

    Abbey House at Newry, Armagh, Ulster (I)

    4
    2

    Alcacer Quiver, Mauritania, North Africa (C)

    1
    3

    Amiens, Picardy, France (C)

    1,2
    4

    Armagh, Ulster (I)

    4
    5

    Askeaton Castle, Limerick, Munster (I)

    4
    6

    Athclynth, Ulster Border (I)

    4
    8.1

    Bankside, Southwark, London (E)

    5
    9

    Bantry Bay, Munster (I)

    4
    7

    Barcelona, Spain (C)

    1
    10

    Basing House, Hampshire, SE England (E)

    3
    11

    Beare Island, Beare Peninsula, Bantry Bay, Munster (I)

    4
    12

    Belleek, Fermanagh/Donegal Border, Ulster (I)

    4
    13

    Belturbet, Cavan, Ulster (I)

    4
    14

    Boyle, foot of the Curlew Mountains, Connacht (I)

    4
    15

    Bunratty Castle, Limerick, Munster (I)

    4
    16

    Cadiz, Spain (C)

    1
    17

    Caherconree Mountain, Kerry, Munster (I)

    4
    18

    Calais, France (C)

    1,2
    19

    Carncormick and Slievenanee, Antrim, Ulster (I)

    4
    20

    Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ulster (I)

    4
    21

    Castleblayney, Monaghan, Ulster (I)

    4
    23

    Castle Coole, Fermanagh, Ulster (I)

    4
    25

    Castle Glen Barrahane, Castle Haven, Munster (I)

    4
    24

    Castle Haven, Cork, Munster (I)

    4
    22

    Castleroe, Tyrone, Ulster (I)

    4
    26

    Cave Near Scottish Border (E)

    3
    27

    Chateau Blois, Loire, France (C)

    1
    28

    City of Cork, Munster (I)

    4
    29

    City of Limerick, Munster (I)

    4
    30

    City of Waterford, Munster (I)

    4
    31

    City of Wexford, Munster (I)

    4
    32

    Connelloe, Limerick, Munster (I)

    4
    33

    Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, (C)

    1
    34

    Cork Harbour, Munster (I)

    4
    36

    Corunna Roads, Galicia, Spain (C)

    1
    35

    Corunna, Tower of Brogan, Galicia, Spain (C)

    1
    37

    Crannog, Bann River, Ulster (I)

    4
    38

    Crannog, Lough Neagh, Ulster (I)

    4
    39

    Curlew Mountains, NE Connacht (I)

    4
    40

    Del Oro, Smerwick, Kerry, Munster (I)

    4
    41

    Derry Columcille, Lough Foyle, Ulster (I)

    4
    42

    Dingle Harbour, Kerry, Munster (I)

    4
    45

    Doncaster, Midlands, England (E)

    3
    44

    Donegal Castle, Donegal, Ulster (I)

    4
    43

    Doon Rock, Termon, Kilmacrenan, Donegal, Ulster (I)

    4
    46

    Drogheda, Leinster (I)

    4
    49

    Dunboy Castle, Cork, Munster (I)

    4
    47

    Dundalk, Louth, Ulster Border, Ireland (I)

    4
    48

    Dundrennan, Solway Firth, Border (E/S)

    3
    8.2

    Durham (Essex) House, The Strand (E)

    5
    8.3

    Elephant and Castle, Bankside, Southwark, London (E)

    5
    50

    El Escorial Palace, Spain (C)

    1
    8.4

    Embassy of France, London (E)

    5
    8.5

    Embassy of Spain, London (E)

    5
    51

    Estuary, River Tagus, Portugal (C)

    1
    52

    Fernihurst Castle, Near Scottish Border (S)

    3
    53

    Field at Affane, Lismore, Waterford, Munster (I)

    4
    54

    Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire (E)

    3
    55

    Friary of Saint Francis, Cadiz, Spain (C)

    1
    56

    Galway City, Connacht (I)

    4
    57

    Gaviston, West Bank of the River Foyle, Ulster (I)

    4
    60

    Glenarm Abbey, Antrim, Ulster (I)

    4
    58

    Glenconkein, O’Kane’s Country, Ulster (I)

    4
    59

    Glenmalure, Wicklow Mountains, Leinster (I)

    4
    61

    Great Skellig Rock, Kerry Coast, Munster (I)

    4
    62

    Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (C)

    2
    63

    Hampton Court, River Thames (E)

    5
    64

    Her Majesty’s Castle, Dublin, Leinster (I)

    4
    65

    Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales (W)

    3
    66

    House at Dungannon, Tyrone, Ulster (I)

    4
    67

    House, Kirk O’Field, Outside the Walls, Edinburgh (S)

    3
    68

    Ile de la Cite, Paris, France (C)

    1
    69

    Inishannon, Cork, Munster (I)

    4
    70

    Isnaleara Falls, Antrim, Ulster (I)

    4
    71

    Jedburgh, North of the Scottish Border (S)

    3
    72

    Kenninghall, Norfolk, England (E)

    3
    73

    Kilkenny Castle, Leinster (I)

    4
    74

    Kilmallock, Munster (I)

    4
    75

    Kinsale Harbour, Munster (I)

    4
    76

    Knockfergus, Clandeboye, Ulster (I)

    4
    77

    Land’s End, Cornwall (E)

    3
    119

    Lifford/Finn become The Foyle, Ulster (I)

    4
    78

    Linlithgow, Scotland (S)

    3
    79

    Lisbon, Portugal (C)

    1
    80

    Lognaseak, Ulster (I)

    4
    81

    Lough Derg, Donegal, Ulster (I)

    4
    82

    Lough Foyle, Ulster, (I)

    4
    83

    Lough Neagh, Ulster (I)

    4
    84

    Lough Ramor, Cavan/Meath, Leinster (I)

    4
    85

    Lough Swilly, Inishowen, Ulster (I)

    4
    86

    Louvain, France/Spanish Netherlands (C)

    1
    87

    Lugnaquilla Mountain, Wicklow, Leinster (I)

    4
    88

    Mellifont Abbey, Louth, Ulster Border, Ireland (I)

    4
    89

    Monastery of Donegal, Donegal Town, Ulster (I)

    4
    12

    Mouth of the ‘Ford of the Meadow’, Belleek, Ulster (I)

    4
    90

    Nantes, France (C)

    1
    1

    Newry, Armagh, Ulster (I)

    4
    91

    Normandy, France (C)

    2,3
    92

    Old Head of Kinsale, Kinsale, Munster (I)

    4
    93

    Ostabat, border France/Spain (C)

    1
    94

    Palace of Greenwich, River Thames (E)

    5
    95

    Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh (S)

    3
    96

    Palace of Oatlands, Surrey (E)

    3
    97

    Palace of Richmond, Surrey, River Thames (E)

    5
    8.6

    Palace of Whitehall, River Thames, London (E)

    5
    8.7

    ‘Papey’ House, London (E)

    5
    98

    Penshurst Place, Kent, England (E)

    3
    99

    Perth, Scotland (S)

    3
    100

    Plymouth Sound, Devon (E)

    3
    101

    Raby Castle, Durham, North East (E)

    3
    102

    Ranelagh, Leinster (I)

    4
    103

    Rathlin Island, Antrim Coast, Ulster (I)

    4
    104

    Rathmullin, Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ulster (I)

    4
    105

    River Bandon, Cork, Munster (I)

    4
    106

    River Bann, Castleroe, Tyrone, Ulster (I)

    4
    107

    River Blackwater, Tyrone/Armagh/Fermanagh, Ulster (I)

    4
    108

    River Swale, NE England (E)

    3
    8.8

    River Thames at Kew (E)

    5
    8.9

    River Thames at Lambeth, London (E)

    5
    109

    Rome, Papal States, Italy (C)

    1
    110

    Rye Harbour, East Sussex, England (E)

    3
    111

    St George’s Channel between Ireland and Wales (I/W/E)

    3
    112

    Saint James’s Palace, London (E)

    5
    113

    Santiago de Compostola, NW Spain (C)

    1
    114

    Scharhorn, Mouth of the River Elbe, Holy Roman Empire (C)

    1,2
    115

    Sean’s Castle, Clandeboye, Ulster (I)

    4
    116

    Sheffield Castle, Midlands, England (E)

    3
    117

    Sligo Bay, Connacht, NW Ireland (I)

    4
    118

    Staigue, Kerry, Munster (I)

    4
    120

    Stirling Castle, NE Scotland (S)

    3
    119

    Strabane House, Tyrone, Ulster (I)

    4
    121

    Tara, Meath, Leinster (I)

    4
    122

    Teelin, Donegal Bay, Ulster (I)

    4
    123

    Teeth of Bonafacio, Southern passage Isle of Corsica (C)

    1
    124

    The Camp, River Bann, Iveagh (Down), Ulster, (I)

    4
    125

    The Devil’s Bridge, St Goddard Pass, Swiss Alps (C)

    1
    12

    The Ford at Belleek, Ulster (I)

    4
    127

    The Ford at River Arney, Fermanagh, Ulster (I)

    4
    128

    The Glynnes of Wicklow, Leinster (I)

    4
    129

    ‘The Pale’ – Environs of Dublin authority varied (I)

    4
    107

    The Yellow Ford, River Callan, near Dungannon, Ulster (I)

    4
    131

    Theobalds House, Hertfordshire, England (E)

    3
    132

    Tipperary, Munster (I)

    4
    66

    Toger, Near Dungannon, Ulster (I)

    4
    135

    Topcliffe, North Yorkshire (E)

    3
    136

    Tower of London, River Thames (E)

    5
    137

    Tracton, Near Kinsale, Munster (I)

    4
    134

    Tresco, Bearing North East, Scilly Isles (E)

    1,2,3
    138

    Tullaghogue, Tyrone, Ulster (I)

    4
    139

    Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, Midlands, England (E)

    3
    140

    Valladolid, Spain (C)

    1
    141

    Vervins-en-Vermandois, Picardy, France (C)

    1
    142

    Vigo Bay, Galicia, Spain (C)

    1
    144

    Westminster Abbey, London (E)

    5
    128

    Wicklow Hills, Leinster, Ireland (I)

    4
    146

    Windsor Castle, SE (E)

    3
    147

    Wingfield Manor, Midlands, England (E)

    3
    148

    York, England (E)

    3

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