FOOTNOTES:
[1]. Amongst those drowned at the wrecks on Streedagh were the following Irishmen: Brian Mac-in-Persium, Andrew Mac-in-Persium, and Cormac O'Larit, all of whom had shipped as sailors in the Spanish vessels.
[2]. See Translator's Preface for the sense in which the word "north" is used in Spanish.
[3]. See O'Donovan's Letters (Sligo, R.I.A.)
[4]. Santiago, the Patron Saint of Spain; hence it became the war-cry or watchword when going to battle.
[5]. Sir Owen O'Gallagher was O'Donnell's Marshal, and lived in the Castle of Ballyshannon at this period.
[6]. Sir R. Bingham to Walsyngham, Oct. 1st, 1588.
[7]. Duro, p. 98; 25, i.
[8]. Chests of the same type, called Arca, were discovered in the excavations at Pompeii, where they were used for keeping the public money.
[9]. From the Official Catalogue of Tercentenary Exhibition of Spanish Armada.
[10]. See Mr. Crawford's translation and relative note, Part II.
[11]. From a photograph kindly taken by T. B. M'Dowell, Esq., London.