La Girona was a galleass of the 1588 Spanish Armada that foundered and sank off Lacada Point, County Antrim, on the night of 26 October 1588, after making its way eastward along the north coast of Ulster. The wreck is noteworthy for the great loss …

Learn all about La Girona, the Spanish Armada shipwreck that famously sank off the Causeway coast, on one of our top-quality Northern Ireland tours.

Nov 17, 2021 · The Girona story covers the Spanish Armada of 1588, war at sea, nature unleased and death. Only the Girona treasures remain.

3 hours ago · GIRONA, Spain (AP) — Real Betis scored three goals in a first-half blitz to beat Girona 3-1 in La Liga on Monday and keep alive its hopes of European football next season. The win took sixth-placed Betis to within one point of Villarreal. The top five qualify for the Champions League, while the team in sixth will play in the Europa League. ...

Girona is a popular destination for tourists and Barcelona day-trippers - the train journey from Barcelona Sants to Girona takes approximately forty minutes on high-speed trains, eighty with express ones and ninety with regional ones.

Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. (Catalan: [ʒiˈɾonə] ⓘ zhi-RO-nuh) is a Spanish professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, the team plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. [3] Girona holds its home matches at the 14,624-capacity Estadi Montilivi.

Jun 29, 2020 · Undoubtedly, our most famous wreck is that of La Girona, a galleous of the Spanish Armada, which, overladen with people and treasures, hit the rocks off the Giant’s Causeway in 1588 and sank.

Feb 29, 2020 · El viernes 28 de octubre de 1588, habiendo perdido su timón e intentando ser gobernada únicamente a remo, La Girona, perteneciente a la gran Armada de 1588, se aboca contra las rocas de Lacada Point. Rugen las tablas entre el sonido del temporal.

La Girona fue una galeaza napolitana, modificada en un galeón, de la famosa Armada Invencible de 1588. El nombre proviene de la familia de los Girones, entonces nuevos Duques de Osuna y virreyes de Nápoles. Fue mandada por Hugo de Moncada y Gralla, caballero de la Orden de Malta, y se hundió cerca de Punta Lacada, Condado de Antrim, Irlanda.

May 21, 2020 · La Girona had been aiming to reach and gain sanctuary in a Scottish port. Only nine of the 1,300 on board survived. Some 260 bodies were washed ashore. The Girona was wrecked on the night of 26 October 1588 within a few miles of Dunluce Castle (Irish: Dún Libhse), home to Irish Chief Sorley Boy MacDonnell.