O'Reilly — Remarks on Captain Cuellar's Narrative. 185 



From Cuellar's narrative it would appear that he arrived at the 

 castle about the 4th or 5th October, and remained three months with 

 the people there, that is to the 5th January, 1589, so that the siege 

 of the castle would be covered in time by the journey of the Lord 

 Deputy. There is, however, no mention of any operation against any 

 castle such as that described by Cuellar, which would not, however, 

 invalidate Cuellar's statements. He left the castle about the 5th 

 January, 1589, and — 



12. "... ten days after the Nativity of the year 1588, . . . 

 continued journeying by hilly countries and uninhabited places, 

 with what sore fatigue God only knows,' so that after 20 days 

 of travelling, we came to a halt in a place where were lost 

 Alonso de Leyva, the Conde de Paredes, and D. Thomas de 

 Granvela, with many other gentlemen." — (p. 212.) 



Dure says of D. Alonso de Leiva, vol. i., p. 120 : — 

 " The squadron commanded by D. Alonso de Leiva was driven by 

 the stormy weather towards the gulf which forms the commencement of 

 the JS'orth Channel, lying between the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, 

 the transport (urea) ' liata ' having her seams so open that at times she 

 almost sank. The squadron took the ground (embarrancaron), off the 

 first of these islands (Ireland), and some musketeers having taken 

 possession of an old tower situated on the shore, 2000 men were 

 disembarked, as well from the 'Hata' as from the transport (urea), 

 'Santa Anna,' and the Galleass 'Jirona.' The Irish chief O'JS'eill, 

 furnished them with provisions, with which they (the Spaniards), 

 re-embarked on the 'Jirona,' but the stormy weather opened her 

 seams anew in the canal, and nine sailors alone escaped with their 

 Hves." 1 



" Three of the Spanish ships coming into the harbour of Killybegs 

 in M 'Sweeney's country, one of them was cast away a little without 

 the harbour, another running aground on the shore broke to pieces. 

 The third being a Galley and sore bruised with the seas was repaired 

 in the said harbour with some of the planks of a pinnance which 

 they had of M'Sweeny. The 16th of this instant, October, the 

 said Galley departed from the said harbour with as many of the 

 Spaniards as she could carry, and sailing along the coast towards 

 the out Isles of Scotland, whither they were bound, struck against 

 the rock of Bunboyes (near Dunluce), where both ship and men 



^Compare also State Papers, Ireland, 1588-92, p. 64, vol. cxxxvii. 39, vi. 

 E.I. A. PROC, SEE. Til., VOL. IH. O 



