Sligo is set to welcome the world's largest replica Spanish galleon in three weeks, honouring a "compelling chapter in ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Wars Across the World: Armada 1588 Armada 1588 is the story of the Spanish Invincible Armada created by King Philip II to crush Elizabethan England.The ...

In the Western consciousness, there are two main narratives of Spain’s attempted invasion of England in 1588. The first and most dominant in the Anglophone world can be characterized as the Protestant ...

A film on the adventures of a Spanish Armada soldier shipwrecked on the Sligo coast in 1588 could present a huge opportunity for Sligo, post lockdown. The film, titled Armada 1588:Shipwreck & Survival ...

An export bar has been placed on a collection of 10 maps charting the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 at risk of leaving the UK. The hand-drawn charts map out the defeat of the 'Invincible' ...

Michael Barry has already published four impressive books on Spain, and this fifth, about the famous Spanish Armada, places special emphasis on the fates of some of the expedition along the Irish ...

The dramatic 16th century escape of a Spanish Armada captain is to feature in a new film about the swashbuckling adventure. Captain Francisco de Cuéllar was one of the few Spanish sailors to survive ...

Readers who want a fast-paced account of how Elizabeth’s navy, led by such captains as Drake, Howard, and Frobisher, managed to defeat the Spanish Armada in battles fought in the English Channel, ...

Two hundred locals gathered at Mullaghmore harbour in Co Sligo on Monday as four bronze cannons that had lain for more than 400 years in a Spanish Armada wreck at Streedagh were transferred to the ...