Archaeologists have set out to discover whether hundreds of Spanish Armada sailors are buried on a plot of land near Dunluce Castle on Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coast. According to legend, more than ...

Four hundred and twenty eight years ago, three Spanish Armada ships en route home from a failed attempt at invading England sank off the Sligo coast at Streedagh Beach, claiming more than 1,100 souls.

It's hard to fight Mother Nature, as some fortunate—and decidedly unfortunate—historical figures have learned over the ...

Readers who want a fast-paced account of how Elizabeth’s navy, led by such captains as Drake, Howard, and Frobisher, managed to defeat the Spanish Armada in battles fought in the English Channel, ...

On August 8, 1588, the Spanish Armada was defeated. Beginning in the 1560s, Spain and England were involved in a power struggle. For many years, Spain had been getting rich by exploiting its colonies.

Let’s say this for Catholic Spain’s King Phillip II, the man who in 1588 sent the Spanish Armada against the English: He had a devout Catholic’s faith in Divine Providence. So sure was he of God’s ...

On Sept. 21, 1588, a savage storm lashed the western coast of Ireland. As the gale intensified, three bulky ships ran aground on the sands of Streedagh Strand, north of Sligo. Part of a formidable ...

In the Western consciousness, there are two main narratives of Spain’s attempted invasion of England in 1588. The first and most dominant in the Anglophone world can be characterized as the Protestant ...