The Giants Causeway, which has been rightly described as “one of the eight wonders of the world” is a striking array of basalt columns and outcrops which were formed some 60 million years ago by the cooling of lava, though the locals of previous generations had a much simpler theory……. They believed that the Causeway [...]
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La Girona of the Spanish Armada
10-01-2010 / General News
La Girona was a galleass of the 1588 Spanish Armada which foundered and sank off Lacada Point,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the night of 26 October 1588 after making its way eastward along the Irish coast. The wreck is noteworthy for the loss of life that resulted, and for the treasures since recovered. The Girona had [...]