Spanish Armada Ireland will be celebrating a new publication of Francisco de Cuéllar’s letter, which will be launched in Madrid on October 30th 2025, along with new material as well as articles, and photography. To commemorate this important event, Spanish Armada Ireland would like to broadcast a recorded event from Sligo in line with the date of the Madrid launch, featuring readings and music relating to De Cuéllar, from Sligo.

There will be a spoken word internet broadcast, in the style of a radio play, which will focus on the text of Francisco de Cuéllar, relevant to the Sligo area. It will involve the narration of excerpts of the text of De Cuéllar’s letter (in English and Spanish) as well as commissioning a local script writer to create additional material that will be apportioned to other local speakers who would take the roles of central characters mentioned in the letter such as Brian O’Rourke, Tadhg Óg McClancy, etc. The musical content would interlink the spoken word.

Please note that the details of events listed above are provided by the relevant Local Authorities.