Ireland's hidden treasures

Spanish Point - County Clare | The Shipwreck of the Spanish Armada

Benjhamin

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Hi and welcome to this episode of Ireland's hidden gems.


Surrounded by mystery,  Spanish point is a great place to visit. It's a village named after the Spanish ships from the Spanish Armada that were shipwrecked there. Today's historians are still searching to find more evidence of what happened not only to the ships but to the sailors who were onboard. 


Today's episode took a bit of research which you can find the sources of, here:

https://heritage.clareheritage.org/places/reading-your-local-landscape/scariff-our-local-landscape/a-clare-mystery-brutally-executed-but-where-are-they-buried


https://www.thejournal.ie/spanish-armada-grave-2430435-Nov2015/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Point,_County_Clare


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