by George Carew, who complained at the expense "of sustaining the divers with copious draughts of usequebaugh" [Uisce Beatha - Irish for whiskey]. Sorley Boy MacDonnell recovered three brass cannon and two chests of treasure from the wreck of Girona. In 1797 a quantity of lead and some brass guns were raised from the wreck of an unknown Armada ship at Mullaghderg in County Donegal. Two miles further south, in 1853, an anchor was recovered from another unknown Armada wreck. The Spanish Armada in art The Grainuaile Suite (1985), an orchestral treatment of the life of the Irish sea-queen Gráinne O'Malley by Irish composer Shaun Davey, contains a lament on the Spanish landings in Ireland, sung by Rita Connolly. The wrecking of La Girona was commemorated in illustrations of the Armada and the Antrim coast which appear on the reverse side of sterling banknotes issued by the First Trust Bank in Northern Ireland. The final published novel of Anthony Burgess, Byrne: A Novel, features a protagonist who is specifically stated to be descended from Spanish survivors who remained in Ireland. The Luck of the Irish and Darby O'Gill and the Little People are American films that make reference to the wrecking of the Spanish armada as an explanation for leprechauns having pots of gold. The Spanish-Portuguese co-produced short animated film The Monkey (2021), influenced by the story of The Hartlepool Monkey, focuses on the treatment of the Spanish shipwrecked on Irish shores. The film, which stars Colm Meaney won the Goya, for best Best Animated Short Film in 2021. See also List of shipwrecks in the 16th century Girona (ship) Hugo of Moncada i Gralla References Sources T.P. Kilfeather Ireland: Graveyard of the Spanish Armada (Anvil Books Ltd, 1967) Ken Douglas Navigation: the key to the Armada disaster (Journal for Maritime Research, Issue: August 2003). Cyril Falls Elizabeth's Irish Wars (1950; reprint London, 1996). . External links Narrative of the Spanish Armada and his adventures in Ireland by Captain Francisco de Cuellar Large selection of illustrations and lists at British Battles Girona Tribute Hardiman's History of Galway, Chapter 4 describing the 1588 Galway encounter The Straight Dope: Do some Irish names come from Spanish Armada survivors? trivia-master Cecils Adam debunks the myth. Interesting illustration. Naval battles of the Eighty Years' War Ireland 16th-century maritime incidents 1588 in Ireland Nine Years' War (Ireland) Eighty Years' War (1566–1609)