When The Spanish Armada Was Shipwrecked In War-Torn Ireland

Spanish Armada captain Francisco de Cuéllar was shipwrecked off the Sligo coast in September 1588. He spent seven months in war-torn Ireland, trying to escape death and marriage before eventually making his way to Madrid. Antaine Ó Donnaile sets out to follow in the footsteps of Cuéllar through the Irish landscape, meeting local people and historians to see if his fantastic account might be true, giving a unique insight into Ireland and the Gaelic world before the English conquest.

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