Francisco de Cuellar
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Francisco de Cuéllar was a Spanish sea captain who sailed with the Spanish Armada in 1588 and was wrecked on the coast of Ireland. He gave a remarkable account of his experiences in the fleet and on t
Streedagh Beach, County Sligo, where Francisco De Cuéllar was shipwrecked
O'Rourke's Castle at Lough Gill, where Cuéllar was given refuge
De Cuellar Trail sign at Grange near Streedagh.
Brian O'Rourke
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Sir Brian O'Rourke was first king and then lord of West Bréifne in the west of Ireland from 1566 until his execution in 1591. He reigned during the later stages of the Tudor conquest of Ireland and hi
Francisco de Cuellar
…three other Spaniards. Having stayed some time at the settlement, the group met a young man who spoke Latin and directed them to the territory of Sir Brian O'Rourke in present-day County Leitrim. In O'Rourke's country they found greater safety, at "a village belonging to better people, Christian and kindly", where…
Four Irish Wolfhounds were brought by O'Rourke as a gift for the Scottish monarch.
O'Rourke was convicted of "treason" and sentenced to death at Tyburn.