Galleass

• Diving is prohibited within a 300m area centred on the following position:- 55.14.85 North by 06.30.05 West.
• Designated a Historic Wreck Site under the Protection of Wrecks Act, 1973.
• The wreck itself no longer remains.
• Any remains were excavated by archaeologist Robert Stenuit in 1967.
• However, there is a very small possibility that some small trinket may be uncovered by the ever shifting sands.

• Part of the Spanish Armada, the Girona had come out of the battle relatively unscathed.
• Having put into Killybegs for repairs and provisions, the master, Don Alonzo Martinez de Leiva decided to make for the Catholic west of Scotland.
• In a storm she lost her rudder and was driven into Lacada Point just before midnight on the 27th. Between five and thirteen, out of 1,300 men onboard, survived.
• The bay was named Port na Spaniagh - "the bay of Spaniards".
• A Galleass differs from galleons, in that they have oar power as well as sails. This enables them to manoeuvre at close quarters, with or without wind.