GA-FOHI-0937

Record Date: 
21 June 2017
Graveyard: 
Exact wording of epitaph: 

This plaque was erected by

Ireland Assist a subsidiary of the

Spanish Company Mapfre Asistencia

with the kind co-operation of the

Augustinian Community in Galway

in memory of more that 300 sailors

of the Spanish Armada who

having been washed ashore in 1588

were arrested by the English Authorities

brought to Galway and executed

The people of Galway

who took pity on their plight

laid them to rest in this graveyard

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-amamacha

Que descansen en paz.

Memorial Type: 
Wall or mural tablet
Grave location
County: 
Latitude: 
53.271236506777
Longitude: 
-9.0462139249639