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[Buckrake]

Was it the Spanish influence?

 

[maims bond]

So proud. Galway were pants.

On the Spanish influence:

[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The Juliania of the Spanish armada was wrecked at Streedagh Strand (Sligo) along with La Lavia and Santa Maria de La Vision. English divers found them under shifting sand in 1985. Among the items recovered from the Juliana were three large cannon, which are now at Dromahair undergoing restoration. Five guncarriage wheels have also been located. A rudder with nine pintails has been found but not lifted. The finding of the main anchor was quite a surprise as the Armada slipped anchors at Calais when the fleet was in danger from fireships. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]The three ships were described by Bingham as been at anchor in Sligo harbour before the storm and they must have dragged and lost further anchors when driven ashore.[/FONT]