White strand swim, Miltown Malbay 2018
1km swim and 2km swim that took place a the Whites strand, Miltown Malbay, a great event organised locally with great back up from Clare Water safety and Ennis swimming & Masters Club
Miltown Malbay White Strand Cliff Walk
Miltown Malbay, White Strand Beach, County Clare, Ireland in March. Walking along the cliffs, wind and big waves make you not bored in Ireland even in the winter time!
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✅COST: none
✅PARKING: yes, free
✅RESTAURANT: No, Nearest in Miltown Malbay (2,3km)
✅FAMILY FRIENDLY: Adult supervision is necessary
✅DISABLED ACCESSIBILITY: Steep climbs, uneven path
✅TIPS: Choose windless weather
✅LOCATION:
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Snorkel Dive Ireland White Strand Miltown Malbay Clare
Snorkel Dive Ireland White Strand Miltown Malbay Clare Vis was poor for August.
White Strand Oct 31 2016
An end of October swim in the White Strand, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare
White Strand Feb 1 2018
Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, February 1 2018
Swim at Kerin's Hole
Swim at Kerin's Hole, White Strand, Miltown Malbay, August 11 2018
Spanish Point & White Strand Co Clare Ireland
Spanish Point and White Strand beaches in Co Clare Ireland, shot entirely on a DJI Spark drone.
DIVE at Spanish Point & Whitestrand Beach June 18th 2016
This is the Updated Video of the Dive at Whitestrand Beach with Chris Healy and Atlantic Dive School
This Has Chris's underwater footage.
The music is courtesy of YouTube
'Where I am From'
By Topher Mohr and Alex Elena
Loren meets the dolphin
Loren goes paddling with dolphin at White Strand
Milltown Malbay
A video about our town in Ireland with Gretchen, the american exchange student.
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Summer 2018 Spanish Point
Summer 2018, featuring interviews with Sinead Sexton and Mervin Hehir from Spanish Point Golf Club.
Seagulls at White Strand Feb 1 2018
Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, February 1 2018
Aerial View of the Armada Hotel & Spanish Point Beach by O'Donovan Productions
O'Donovan Productions were delighted to film Sharon & Peter's Wedding which took place in Quilty & Spanish Point. Here are some aerial clips of the photo session on the beach with Photographer Darren Kirwan and also some spectacular scenes of the fabulous Armada Hotel
Ireland Atlantic snorkelling
White Strand Doonbeg Co Clare Ireland or is it?
Well what to say except, this is White Strand Doonbeg/Killard. I looks like the Caribbean mann, check it out.
Miltown Malbay 2012
Francine and Joanna dancing to Martin Hayes at the Willie Clancy week, Miltown Malbay, July 2012
Spanish Point. The sad history of the Spanish Invincible Armada in 1588.
Spanish Point is a small town on the west coast of Ireland, in County Clare. Near here part of The invincible Spanish Armada of King Phillip was shipwrecked on its way to invade England in 1588. The name of the Hotel Armada in Spanish Point attests to the locals’ fond memory of the many Spanish survivors who hid in their houses from British authorities who were out to kill them.
In the summer of 1588, Phillip II sent ships from his “Great and Most Happy Armada” to Flanders to pick up 30,000 Spanish soldiers in preparation for an invasion of England. The plan was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth, whom he held responsible for the execution of Queen Mary Stuart, who was a Catholic ally.
His fleet of 127 ships was lead by Alonso Perez de Guzman, a nobleman with neither the will nor the expertise necessary for the undertaking. As was to be expected, it ended in disaster.
An English fleet confronted the ships in the British Channel, causing relatively minor damage to the Spanish endeavor. After a brief skirmish, the British withdrew to the safety of the English coast as the Spanish tried to retreat to the French Coast. The Spanish had lost no more than four ships and three hundred men in the battle, but the British exaggerated the importance of the encounter. Mocking their opponent, they sarcastically dubbed the Spanish fleet “Invincible,” a name by which it is still remembered.
The real threat to the Armada came later in the form of a storm, and the fleet never made it to Flanders. With inadequate nautical charts and no knowledge of sea currents, the ships were dispersed, some of them lost, in the waters between Great Britain and Ireland.
From there some ships returned to Spain. Others sailed up and westward around Ireland, following sea currents, only to face another set of storms. Some sought refuge in the rough Western coast of Ireland. Most of these ended up shipwrecked. The fate of those who landed varied. Some were taken in by the Irish, being seen as liberators. A few were aided in their escape to Spanish friendly Scotland. But most were not so fortunate. British authorities in Ireland ordered any Spaniard who landed to be taken prisoner and executed. It was calculated that more than ten times as many Spanish died at the hands of British in Ireland than at sea fighting the British navy.
On the west coast of Ireland you can still hear the sad story of Spanish soldiers and sailors who barely survived, some of whom settled and stayed on. What option did they have? In Dingle it is said that there are more dark haired people in the region than all the rest of Ireland, a legacy of that fateful Spanish Armada’s disaster.
Tabhair dom do Lamh
Lovely evening sun as the tide comes in #whitestrand #miltownmalbay #countyclare #ireland
Snorkeling at White Strand County Clare