{"id":53077,"date":"2023-09-16T22:11:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T20:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=53077"},"modified":"2025-09-16T00:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T22:10:43","slug":"the-tribute-in-ireland-to-the-sailors-of-the-spanish-navy-who-were-shipwrecked-in-sligo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/09\/16\/the-tribute-in-ireland-to-the-sailors-of-the-spanish-navy-who-were-shipwrecked-in-sligo\/","title":{"rendered":"The tribute in Ireland to the sailors of the Spanish Navy who were shipwrecked in Sligo"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a town in Ireland that year after year is filled with Spanish flags, both the red and yellow one and the Cross of Burgundy flag.<\/p>\n

Touching: This Is How Ireland Honor the Fallen of the Spanish Armada<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe homage of a town in Ireland to the sailors of the Spanish Navy who fell there<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

The reason for these displays of appreciation for Spain goes back several centuries. On September 23, 1588, three ships that were part of the Great Spanish Armada<\/strong> (popularly known as the Invincible Armada, which unsuccessfully attempted an invasion of England) shipwrecked off the beach of Streedagh, in the town of Grange, located in County Sligo, in the northwest of Ireland.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Those three ships were the \"Lavia\", the \"Juliana\" and the \"Santa Mar\u00eda de Vis\u00f3n\". They had about 1,100 crew members on board, but there were only a hundred Spanish sailors who managed to survive that shipwreck<\/strong>, which threw them from the sea to a land very far from their homes.<\/p>\n

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A part of those castaways managed to save their lives thanks to the support of the Irish Catholics in the area<\/strong>, who had put their hopes in that Great Armada to free themselves from the English occupation of their country.<\/p>\n

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For years, the descendants of those Irish Catholics have remembered that shipwreck and its survivors year after year<\/strong> in the town of Grange and on the beach where those Spanish sailors arrived. And year after year, the Spanish Navy sends a ship to participate in this tribute<\/strong> to its predecessors.<\/p>\n

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Tribute events for the Spanish castaways are being held this weekend. This year, the Spanish Navy has sent the Patrol Ship \"Centinela\" P-72<\/a>, which arrived this Wednesday, September 13, at the port of Killybegs. From there, a delegation of the crew of the Spanish ship has traveled to Sligo.<\/p>\n

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This Saturday afternoon the traditional \"Remembrance Parade\"<\/strong>, also known as Twilight Parade, was held on Streedagh beach.<\/p>\n

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— Spanish Armada Ireland (@armadaireland) September 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n