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[1] [2] This meaning is not frequently used in Ireland, [3] where "Black Irish" more often refers to Irish people of African descent. [4] The first and most common use of the term "Black Irish" is tied to the myth that they were descended from Spanish sailors shipwrecked during the Spanish Armada of 1588.
The prospect of a Spanish landing alarmed the Dublin government of Queen Elizabeth I, which prescribed harsh measures for the Spanish invaders and any Irish who might assist them. Up to 24 ships of the Armada were wrecked on a rocky coastline spanning 500 km, from Antrim in the north to Kerry in the south, and the threat to Crown authority was ...
Pedro Blanco (fl. 1588–1616) was a Spanish seaman, manservant and survivor of the Spanish Armada. After his shipwreck in Ireland, he became an aide to nobleman Hugh O'Neill and fought in the Nine Years' War. Blanco distinguished himself at various battles, and was also an interpreter and interlocutor between the Spanish and Irish.
The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, lit. 'Great and Most Fortunate Navy') was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.
The Streedagh Armada wrecksite is the site of three shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada at Streedagh beach (/ ˈ s t r iː d ə /, STREE-da) in north County Sligo, in northwest Ireland. [1] The three ships are La Lavia, La Juliana, and the Santa Maria de Visón. All were part of the Levant squadron of the armada.
The Spanish Navy, officially the Armada, is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Spanish Navy was responsible for a number of major historic achievements in navigation, the most famous being the discovery of America and the first global circumnavigation .
The Spanish Armada was the fleet that attempted to escort an army from Flanders as a part the Habsburg Spanish invasion of England in 1588, was divided into ten "squadrons" (escuadras) [1] The twenty galleons in the Squadrons of Portugal and of Castile, together with one more galleon in the Squadron of Andalucia and the four galleasses from Naples, constituted the only purpose-built warships ...
The "Myth of the Spanish Armada" could still be added to the Irish People article if it was considered important enough, and if it could be properly explained and sourced. Scolaire 07:59, 18 May 2013 (UTC) IMAO, the myth of the Spanish Armada should be consigned to where the rest of the Armada went - Davy Jones' Locker.