This is the four-hundredth anniversary of the Spanish Armada, many of whose ships came to grief on Ireland's western shores. This summer the anniversary is to be marked with ceremonies at points on the western coast. Today Galway made its contribution with a parade by members of an order of Spanish knights.
Report shows Knights of the Order of the Ocean Sea parading through Galway.
Interview with Spanish Ambassador José Antonio de Ytturriaga.
Women in traditional Spanish dress.
Mayor of Galway, Martin Connolly, showing the Spanish Arch to the Ambassador.
Ceremony at Spanish Arch.
Interview with Pasqual Barberán, who thanks the people of Galway for their support four hundred years ago.
Group photograph.
interview with Dioral Ó Coirbhinn on Irish-Spanish links and whether the people of Galway behaved honourably towards the Spanish. He replies that unfortunately there were always people around who supported extradition.
Open-air mass celebrated at Forthill Cemetery, the site of the execution of hundreds of Spanish.
Plaque to commemorate the events of 1588 unveiled by the Ambassador and children playing wreaths at the scene of the mass grave.
The reporter is Jim Fahy.
