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Bensley's Diet, of Spanish and English, 1887), while it has not sur- 

 vived in French. 



That in the south and west of Ireland the relations with Spain 

 were frequent and continuous is proved by the]^remarks in Geo. Smith's 

 " History of the Co. Cork." Thus in vol. i. (edition of 1756), p. 175, 

 when speaking of Dingle, he says: — "The Irish called it formerly 

 Daigean-na-Cushy — i.e. the fastness or Castle of Hussy ; and speaking 

 of its architecture (p. 176), he says : " Several of the houses were built 

 in the Spanish fashion, with ranges of stone balcony windows, this 

 place being formerly much frequented by ships of that nation who 

 traded with the inhabitants, and came to fish on this coast. Most of 

 the houses are of stone, with marble doors and window-frames. Many 

 of them have dates on them as old as Queen Elizabeth's time, and 

 some earlier. The Parish Chui'ch dedicated to St. James is said to 

 have been built at the charge of the Spaniards. It was originally 

 very large. 



At p. 191, speaking of Kilmelcedor Church, he says: — " This parish 

 and the church is named Kilmelcedor, i.e. Mechedor's Church, and is 

 said to have been built by the Spaniards, who formerly erected many 

 other churches hereabouts." 



In Vol. II., p. 40, under the date of a.d. 1552, he says: — "The 

 King was advised by Parliament to build a fort on the harbour of 

 Baltimore to oblige foreign fishermen to pay a tribute, but this advice 

 was not put in execution." In a note he adds, John Dee, who wrote 

 a tract called the " British Monarchy," says : — " It is necessary to leave 

 to posterity some remembrance of the places where our rich fishing is, 

 as at Kinsale, Cork, Carlingford, Saltesses, Youghal, Waterford, 

 Dungarvan, &c., and all enjoyed by strangers, as it were, within their 

 own Ejng's peculiar limits ; nay, rather as if their coasts, seas, and 

 bays were of theu' private and several purchases, to our insuperable 

 loss, discredit, and discomfort, and to our no small damage in these 

 perilous times of most subtle treachery and fickle fidelity." In his 

 time, he says, "Blackrock was fished by 300 to 400 sail of Spaniards 

 and Frenchmen." This tract is of 1576. 



There is reason for presuming that these Spanish fishermen came 

 from the Cantabrian coast, more particularly from the provinces of 

 Galicia and Biscay. That the Spaniards also traded on the east coast 

 of Ireland, and in particular with Dalkey, which was then the port of 

 Dublin, is shown by the statement given in D'Alton's " Co. Dublin," 

 p. 888 :— " That in 1360 the Provost and Bailiffs of this little borough 

 received the Eoyal command to permit the departure of a Spanish ship 



