Sword duelling, sand etchings and sand castle building competitions will form part of a special day to commemorate those lost on three Spanish Armada ships at Streedagh Beach in Sligo in 1588. Saturday week, September 19, will see Grange and Armada Development Association (GADA) host a free family friendly event at Streedagh Beach, to remember […]
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St Patrick will cross Killaloe Bridge on a trailer but there will be no St Patrick s Day Parade due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Mobile St Patrick Replaces Parade In Killaloe
March 16, 2021
THERE will be no official St Patrick’s Day Parade in the twin communities of Killaloe and Ballina for the second year in a row due to Covid-19 restrictions.
However, Killaloe community volunteer, Eddie O’Gorman has decided to organise a mobile St Patrick for the benefit of local children who can’t look forward to the traditional St Patrick’s Day parade.
North West Correspondent
It appears with low tide and shifting sands - the skeletal remains of a shipwreck on Streedagh beach in Co Sligo.
Known locally as the Butter Boat, various tales have been told of its origins but the true identity of the wreck has only just been confirmed thanks to detailed research led by the National Monuments Service.
For at least twenty years some of the NMS underwater archaeologists have been investigating the famous Spanish Armada wrecks which lie off Streedagh and they were intrigued by the bones of the boat peeking out of the sand at low tide and the local folklore surrounding it.