48. The Spanish Armada, the Giant’s Causeway
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
This week we’re witnessing the final destructive crescendo that put paid to a powerful, but ill-fated invasion fleet bent on conquering England. Queen Elizabeth I stood firm against the mighty Spanish Armada, and the elemental forces of nature came to her assistance.
The Spanish ships sent to invade England were bristling with the latest weapons of war and full of men and treasure. After being attacked by Sir Francis Drake in the channel they were scattered by a powerful storm. Pushed by the weather right around the eastern seaboard of the British Isles, around the tip of Scotland some of the remnants of this once formidable invasion fleet ended up at the Giant’s Causeway on the Irish coast. Here, at this this world-famous stage of staggering natural beauty, they were hit by another deadly storm and finally destroyed leaving Elizabeth I and England safe.
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| 1:11.0 | That disastrous gallant ill-fated campaign unfolded in that water that you're looking at in the vicinity of the Cosway and and for me I just find that puts the hairs up on the back of my neck. |
| 1:18.1 | In this podcast we're taking our seats in a world famous stage, a stunning location built by our geological past or maybe by the mighty giant Finn Macool. |
| 1:35.0 | A fittingly dramatic setting bearing witness to the destruction of a determined and powerful invasion fleet. |
| 1:44.0 | Ships full of soldiers, heavily laden with gold, silver and precious stones, |
| 1:50.0 | and bristling with the art of war. |
| 1:54.2 | Here in a tempestuous maelstrom, |
| 1:56.9 | one of the final acts of the Spanish armada |
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