Hi all 👋🏻
Today I want to share with you a StreetArt find from “the Spanish Armada” 3 of their ships…. and it’s captain.
I discovered this work while I was driving towards County Donegal and passed it by in GRANGE, County SLIGO in #ireland 😊 🇮🇪
I captured this #mural / #artwork on 10 September 2023 on both sides of the main road through the town. The Photographs in this post I took with my phone…
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Let’s have a look at my StreetArt find for today and its history from it:
Artist: BLOWDESIGNS - NIK PURDY
Title: Tribute to the Spanish Armada and its Captain
Location: ”MAIN STREET” - in #GRANGE County Sligo in IRELAND 🇮🇪
Work Created: 2019
The artist’s Facebook : Blowdesigns Nik Purdy
The artist’s Instagram : Blowdesigns Nik Purdy
See I found more StreetArt works from this artist 🤓
I found the following information shared about this murals history in This Source/ Facebook post from ”Spanish Armada Ireland, Grange, Co. Sligo” fbpage;
The murals depict the Spanish captain Francisco de Cuéllar, who escaped from the Spanish Armada wrecks at Streedagh Beach in 1588 and the three ships (Galleons) that sank off Streedagh, La Juliana, La Lavia and La Santa Maria de Visón.
What triggered me to research a bit more about the ships, its Captain and the #HISTORY 🤓
But…
First a few more captures of this work 😎
Closer by…
Do you see how the ship almost jumps out of the wall. The effect created by the artist is stunning 😎
The light wasn’t great this day, if I pass by another day I will check it out if it is better 😊
View from across the street. One really notice it driving by.
It extends to the side wall and another building.
In the Wikipedia website source below… about the wreck site of the ships I found;
The Streedagh Armada wrecksite is the site of three shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada at Streedagh beach in north County Sligo, in northwest Ireland. The three ships are La Lavia, La Juliana, and the Santa Maria de Visón. All were part of the Levant squadron of the armada. The Lavia was the almiranta, or vice flagship of the fleet and carried the Judge Advocate General, Martin de Aranda, responsible for the discipline of the armada.
The site is unique in the world and represents an unparalleled preservation of three late 16th century ships in a coastal location. Monitoring and surveying continues as the wrecks are in a vulnerable high energy environment that is frequently exposed to storms.
Streedagh Armada Wrecksite Source
We see here the map 🗺️ of Ireland and the locations of ship wreckages… (I believe)
Under the shields it tells us;
”In short, in this kingdom there is neither justice nor right, and everyone does as he pleases”
Interesting 🤔
I also found the website from Spanish Armada Ireland visitor center
You find a lot of information there… let me highlight a little bit for you here;
Ever since the tragic loss of three great ships of the Spanish Armada and over 1,100 men; soldiers and sailors, noblemen and commoners; on the beach at Streedagh on that fateful day, 21st September 1588, the people of North Sligo have commemorated in folk memory the plight of all those poor lost fellow souls.
Despite the risk of persecution from the forces of Queen Elizabeth the first of England some Irish chieftains like O’Rourke of Briefne and McClancy of Dartry offered sanctuary to the few survivors that struggled ashore. The real heroes were, perhaps, the ordinary peasant people who, for no other reason than empathy for those in distress, gave shelter, food, and succour to strangers from a foreign land.
Source
Let me show you more from the mural on the other side now.
You see one of the ships almost in full length and another ship further away… in the distance… in the mist…
It was behind this large gate that was closed.
You see here the other 2 ships better, they were lost with its men. I tried to capture them the best I could through the gate itself 😎
The waves are beautifully painted. The sea 🌊 foam too, it gives so much depth to the scene.
Too bad I couldn’t get a better picture.
The ‘antique store next door… had a lot of rubbish in the yard… not sure anybody would go there to look through it 😂 or if the store is even still open… no idea . It looks like it has been like this since the creation of the wallpaintings as I could see in my source links.
And here I want to say; that’s all for todays #StreetArt post my friends. Until the next one! 👋🏻😎
Hope you enjoyed my #photos of this StreetArt find. #haveyoubeenhere
Thank you for looking and reading 😊 🙏🏻 Stay tuned for more… 😉
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Have a great day all 😎
Grtz Jackie
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