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McGuiness, the ruling Celtic clan
Janico D'Artas, Norman owner of ardglass Earls of Kildare, owners of Ardglass from the mid 15th Century Ogilvie and the Beauclerks, owners of Ardglass from 1810 to 1909 Roger de Dunsford, owner of Dunsford
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The L'Amitie was a 400 ton French warship ladened with cannons and munitions for the United Irishmen. On the dreadful night of April 7th, a storm came on quickly with snow blizzards which pushed the ship on to the rocks of Sheepland. Out of a crew of 104 men only one survived.The man who survived came back from his native land each year on the anniversary of the tragedy and walked up to the wreck along a path known locally as the 'Steersman's Path'. The L'Amitie was a merchant ship which was also involved in the extensive slave trade between Africa and America.
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