The plan was for the Spanish Navy and its army based in the Netherlands to join forces for a simultaneous assault on England. In 1587 Philip prepared a force of 130 ships, carrying 30,000 men, for ...

The Spanish Armada by Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker (London 1998, 2nd edition Manchester 1999) Armada 1588-1988 by M.J. Rodríguez-Salgado et al., (London, 1998) ...

The programme for the upcoming Remembering the Armada commemorative festival was launched on Thursday last by Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council, Mr. Tom McSharry at City Hall.

Four hundred and twenty eight years ago, three Spanish Armada ships en route home from a failed attempt at invading England sank off the Sligo coast at Streedagh Beach, claiming more than 1,100 souls.

The attempt by the Spanish Armada to take England was one of the most important events of the early modern period. It deserves the treatment it gets in this volume by Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker.

It lies in the shadow of Benbulben, a plateau formed by Ice Age glaciers that is full of the fossils of extinct marine creatures. Out to sea reefs produce mountainous waves. It’s a place where men and ...

The European route is preceded by a tour of some of the most outstanding ports "on four continents", after sailing "more than 100,000 nautical miles across oceans and seas all over the world ...

Rich reviews an authoritative book on the Spanish Armada. A debate has emerged over whether the Democrats need to change their message, or just how they’re delivering it.