Captain Cuellars Adventures in Connacht Ulster Ad 1588
Captain Cuellars Adventures in Connacht Ulster Ad 1588
Hugh Allingham
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, St. Helen's, Westport, Co. Mayo (to whom the writer is indebted for the informa- tion), a very interesting treasure-chest, which bears satisfactory evidence of having been recovered from one of the Armada ships wrecked on that coast in 1588. After "the flight of the Earls, " a branch of the O'Donnells migrated from Tirconnell to Newport, Co. Mayo, and one of the family — Conel O'Donnell, brother of Sir Neal O'Donnell — obtained from a peasant, who lived on the sea-shore at Clew Bay, the chest... in question. No particulars are forthcoming as to the exact spot where the peasant found it ; but it bears evidence, from its corrosion, of having been subjected to the prolonged action of sea water, and it is not unlikely that this relic was on board the Rata, which De Leyva set fire to in Blacksod Bay. The size of the chest is 2 ft. Ioi ins. Long, 1 ft. 9 ins. Wide, and 1 ft. 7^ ins. High. In the Armada Exhibition, at Drury Lane, held October, 1888, the following amongst other relics were shown : 11 No.
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