The remarkable story of how the captain of one of three Spanish Armada ships, wrecked off the coast of Sligo, survived and made his way back to Spain has been made into a film by a voluntary community group in the county.
Spanish Armada Ireland is the voluntary group behind the professional short film, which was made by Media Coop with significant involvement by local actors and crew. Filming was completed before Covid-19 restrictions came into play but, Producer Micheál Ó Domhnaill said post-production was then turned on its head and most of that work had to be done remotely with people working from home in Ireland, Canada and Spain.
Telling more people the story, he hopes, will promote the development of a dedicated Spanish Armada Centre in Grange, Co Sligo, where a small museum already exists in the former courthouse.
Given the amount of artifacts found Government should make more funds available to excavate the marine site & remove artifacts to New purpose built museum, it would be a major tourist attraction & revenue generating for years to come. Template could be copied for other Counties.
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