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The Spanish Armada in Ireland refers to the landfall made upon the coast of Ireland in September 1588 of a large portion of the 130-strong fleet sent by Philip II to invade England. Following its defeat at the naval battle of Gravelines , the Armada had attempted to return home through the North Atlantic , when it was driven from its course by ...
The Streedagh Armada wrecksite is the site of three shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada at Streedagh beach (/ ˈ s t r iː d ə /, STREE-da) in north County Sligo, in northwest Ireland. [1] The three ships are La Lavia, La Juliana, and the Santa Maria de Visón. All were part of the Levant squadron of the armada.
La Girona was a galleass of the 1588 Spanish Armada that foundered and sank off Lacada Point, County Antrim, on the night of 26 October 1588, after making its way eastward along the north coast of Ulster. The wreck is noteworthy for the great loss of life that resulted and the treasures recovered.
Francisco de Cuéllar (born c. 1562) [citation needed] was a Spanish sea captain who sailed with the Spanish Armada in 1588 and was wrecked on the coast of Ireland. He gave a remarkable account of his experiences in the fleet and on the run in Ireland.
La Juliana (Spanish pronunciation: [la xuˈljana]) was a merchant vessel launched in 1570 near Barcelona, Spain.King Philip II commandeered her on 15 December 1586 at Sicily, [1] and had her armed with 32 guns for the Spanish Armada.
The Spaniards' unfamiliarity with those waters, together with unusually powerful storms in the region, caused many of the ships to run aground in the western coast of Ireland, decimating the Armada. The routing of the Spanish Armada, and especially the role of the weather in it, was interpreted by many in England and the Netherlands as a sign ...
Bonny was born near Cork, Ireland, around 1698 as the illegitimate child of her father and the family’s maid. ... and he notoriously helped defend England against the Spanish Armada in 1588 ...
The Armada attempted to return to Spain by sailing north, rounding Scotland, and returning along the west coast of Ireland. However, their charts were inaccurate and the Spanish were sailing in unfamiliar waters. 26 of the 128 ships were wrecked on the Irish coast. [ 8 ]