The Treaty of Dingle 1529 [full inscription unknown]

There is no Wikipedia entry (as of January 2012) for the Treaty of Dingle but the main Dingle entry (currently) says: "By the sixteenth century Dingle was one of Ireland's main trading ports, exporting fish and hides and importing wines from the continent of Europe. French and Spanish fishing fleets used the town as a base.[10] Connections with Spain were particularly strong, and in 1529 Thomas Fitzgerald, 11th Earl of Desmond and the ambassador of Charles V of Spain signed the Treaty of Dingle.[11] Dingle was also a major embarkation port for pilgrims to travel to the shrine of Saint James at Santiago de Compostela. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DingleA local newspaper report (April 29 2009) on the unveiling said: "The treaty concluded between James FitzGerald, eleventh Earl of Desmond and Ambassador Fernandez gave a formal legal and constitutional foundation to the rights of citizenship and other privileges that Irish exiles and emigrés enjoyed in Habsburg Spain, Habsburg Austria and Habsburg Netherlands from the 16th to the early 20th centuries." http://www.kerryman.ie/news/the-treaty-of-dingle-remembered-1723306.htmlThis article from another local publication (June 22 2011) shows the plaque, mentions other plaues locally, and gives details of a lecture organised by Dingle Historical Society on the broader archaeological history of the Dingle Peninsula by archaeologist Michéal Ó Coileáin: http://www.dinglenews.com/news.asp?id=4341

Temperance Hall, Goat Street, Dingle
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by Dingle Historical Society on 24 April 2009

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