CAPTAIN CUELLAR'S _ADVENTURES_ IN _CONNACHT & ULSTER_ A.D. 1588. A PICTURE OF THE TIMES, DRAWN FROM CONTEMPORARY SOURCES. BY HUGH ALLINGHAM, M.R.I.A., _Member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries (Ireland); Author of "Ballyshannon: its History and Antiquities," &c._ _TO WHICH IS ADDED_ _An Introduction and Complete Translation_ OF _CAPTAIN CUELLAR'S_ _Narrative of the Spanish Armada_ AND HIS ADVENTURES IN IRELAND. BY ROBERT CRAWFORD, M.A., M.R.I.A., &C. _With Map and Illustrations._ LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1897. [_All Rights Reserved._] PRINTED BY M'CAW, STEVENSON & ORR, LIMITED, LINENHALL WORKS, BELFAST. PART I. _Note._ The favourable reception which was accorded to the paper entitled "The Spanish Armada in Ulster and Connacht," which appeared in Vol. I., Part III., April, 1895, of _The Ulster Journal of Archæology_, and the continued interest in the subject, which seems rather to increase as the literature becomes more extensive, has induced me to re-write the paper, and add much information I was not possessed of when the first paper was printed. Mr. Crawford's most valuable contribution, which forms the second part of this book, should at least justify the present publication. To Francis Joseph Bigger, M.R.I.A., my best thanks are due for the use of copious notes and references, which have been of material assistance. HUGH ALLINGHAM. BALLYSHANNON, _May_, 1897. CAPTAIN CUELLAR'S _Adventures in Connacht and Ulster_, A.D. 1588. [Illustration: FIGUREHEAD OF A SPANISH GALLEON WRECKED AT STREEDAGH, 1588. (_Now in possession of Simon Cullen, J.P., Sligo._) ] The publication of a work entitled "_La Armada Invincible_" [Madrid, 1885], by Captain Cesareo Fernandez Duro, a Spanish naval officer, has been the means of bringing to light many fresh and interesting particulars relating to this ill-fated venture; and, though the incidents narrated are, as might be expected, viewed from the Spanish standpoint, yet the history is written in a spirit of moderation, and gives evidence of great research.