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Guns from the Spanish Armada have just been found off the Irish coast

The latest recovery effort has turned up bronze cannons, a gun carriage wheel and a cauldron.

A LARGE STASH of artefacts from the Spanish Armada has been discovered off the coast of Sligo.

The find, which has happened just off the coast of Streedagh, has turned up a number of bronze cannons, a gun carriage wheel, a ship’s cauldron and a number of other smaller items.

These have come from the wreck of La Juliana which was discovered on the seabed over the course of the winter. The site was considered vulnerable to the weather and illegal interference.

Cannon  with image of St Peter

The wreck dates to 1570 and was initially a trading vessel which was later used as a warship during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588. The ship would have carried around 325 soldiers and around 70 mariners.

Out of the 130 ships involved in the Armada, 26 have been lost off the coast of Ireland.

Work has been taking place at the site since last month, when two large guns were recovered engraved with depictions of San Iovane and San Matrona.

Cannon Lifted

Speaking about today’s find, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, said that she wished to extend her thanks to the local community in Steedagh, Grange and Mullaghmore for continuing to support the project.

She went on to say that she would not see any problem with the work being brought back to be displayed locally once conservation work had been carried out on the artefacts.

It was estimated that due to the conservation work needed it could be two years before any of the items were ready to go on display.

Cauldron

Read: A Spanish Armada cannonball just showed up on an Irish beach

Also: Check out these Spanish Armada guns that have been found off the Irish coast

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    Mute Delta Ball
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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:19 PM

    Is this a new find or the same one as 2 weeks ago

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    Mute Darwin Security
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    Jul 20th 2015, 5:25 PM

    They also recovered cannons and a swivel gun about 18years ago from the same site.

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    Mute Chris Kirk
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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:18 PM

    “Wreck dated to 1570 which was later used as a warship in 1588″ ……surely not ??
    I hope that the government here don’t get silly ideas about handing this booty over to the Spanish government .

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    Mute Jamie McCormack
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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:29 PM

    Thought the same at first, then realised “wreck” as in “vessel”.

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    Mute Marc Esteve
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    Jul 20th 2015, 10:18 PM

    La Juliana should be handed back to the Government of Catalonia as it was build in Barcelona shipyards (called “Drassanes” in Catalan) or a compensation should be paid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_Spanish_Armada#Squadron_of_Levant
    Santa Madrona still has one of Barcelona’s wall gates dedicated to her https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrona_of_Barcelona
    Only EUR, GBP and USD used banknotes will be accepted. Thank you.

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    Mute Jamie McCormack
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    Jul 20th 2015, 11:13 PM

    Would you take a punt?

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    Mute Jamie McCormack
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    Jul 21st 2015, 2:19 AM

    Excellent gag on my part as i managed to incorporate a boat, money and taking a chance into one small yet amazing little quip.

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    Jul 21st 2015, 8:56 AM

    The fact that you had to commend yourself on the brilliance of your own wit somewhat diminished it’s overall effect, but yes, that was pretty good – a threefer

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    Jul 21st 2015, 11:55 PM

    yeah i know

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    Mute John
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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:12 PM

    I’m lookin for a bit a scrap sir. I’ll give ya a fare price.

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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:31 PM

    I’m surprised they didn’t have pictures of Enda finding the treasure ala Putin style.

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    Mute Mick McGuinness
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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:10 PM

    Maybe the Spanish government will look for any gold found back to help with there bailout! !!

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    Mute TotalScrotal
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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:54 PM

    Theyve taken enough of our fish so they can **** off

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    Mute Angie Lordan
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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:21 PM

    Wow! That’s amazing, apparently my surname like many of us Irish came from Spain at the time of the armada. This is an interesting part of our history..

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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:26 PM

    Lordan is an Anglicised version of the name Ó’ Lordáin which is believed to have originated in Cork.

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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:34 PM

    Maybe she was referring to her first name :)

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    Mute Angie Lordan
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    Jul 23rd 2015, 7:51 PM

    How do you think it came to cork in the first place? Lol

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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:49 PM

    Beachmaster the Spanish landed in cork as well

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    Mute Beachmaster
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    Jul 20th 2015, 7:20 PM

    I’m aware of that. It still doesn’t make it a Spanish surname.

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    Mute Chris Mulvey
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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:20 PM

    That last image looks photoshopped

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    Jul 20th 2015, 5:01 PM

    Yeah it’s a cauldron conspiracy.

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    Jul 20th 2015, 8:56 PM

    Read “The Last Armada”. One of the best books I’ve ever read. Riviting.

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    Jul 20th 2015, 4:57 PM

    Wreck comes under the jurisdiction of the Customs and Excise Receiver of Wreck.

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    Jul 20th 2015, 6:59 PM

    I’m surprised no one has come on here to claim that the CIA supplied these weapons? ;)

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    Jul 20th 2015, 9:04 PM

    Last PIC looks like one of those yokes Woodies had on offer in their garden section a few weeks back.

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    Mute John Curry
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    Jul 20th 2015, 7:39 PM

    Anyone have any information on the other wreck on streedagh known locally as the butter boat? Some say it is also an armada wreck and others say its much younger?

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    Jul 21st 2015, 3:21 AM

    Love the rigging job done on the Cannon lift,1st class

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