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Book Review: a Spanish captain s account of 1500s Ireland Captain de Cuéllar wrote himself into Ireland’s history with his Carta, a vibrant 11,000-word account – which is included in full as an annex in this book – of his seven months with the Gaelic Irish of the north-west Fighting between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada during the abortive attempt by Spain to invade England in 1588. Sat, 30 Jan, 2021 - 12:30 David Kernek Francis Kelly  Review: David Kernek It s September 1588 and what remains of the ill-starred Spanish Armada – possibly 30 ships – having been pursued up the North Sea by Francis Drake’s navy, is making for the Atlantic route home. Lashed by fierce gales, set back by navigation errors and with crews unfamiliar with these northern seas, the squadrons are in severe distress. They are leaking heavily, masts and rigging are damaged, and most of them have lost anchors. An exceptionally wild south-west gale brings a humiliating end to seven

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