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Following the journey of Spanish Armada captain Francisco de Cuéllar from Sligo to Spain.

Spanish Armada captain Francisco de Cuéllar was shipwrecked off the Sligo coast in September 1588. He spent seven months in war-torn Ireland, trying to escape death and marriage before eventually making his way to Madrid via Edinburgh. He wrote an account of his amazing adventures in which he describes bloodthirsty battles, sieges won against all odds, attacks by pirates and the attentions of beautiful women. We follow his journey home to Spain.

Thàinig am fear Spàinnteach, Caiptean Francisco de Cuéllar, gu tìr ann Siorrachd Sligo ann an 1588 às dèidh tighinn beò à long-briste an Armada far a’ chosta. Chur e seachd mìosan ann an Èirinn, a bha na smàl le cogadh aig an àm, a’ seachnadh bàs agus pòsadh mus do rinn e a shlighe a Mhadrid tro Dhùn Èideann. Sgrìobh e cunntas de thuras dàna, ag innse mu bhlàran fhuilteach, sèistean shoirbheachail ris nach robh dùil, ionnsaighean le spùinneadairean agus ùidhean bho bhoireannaich àlainn. Tha sinn a’ leantainn a shlighe dhachaigh dhan Spàinn.

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