Concepcion de Juanes del Cano - Wrecked: off Mace Head (Durling na Spaineach). Vessel Type: ARMADA VESSEL. Tonnage: 418. Cargo: 225 men & 18 guns. Route : Spain. During the Spanish Armadas flight around Ireland's coast in 1588, a Spanish ship, the Concepcion de Juanes del Cano went onto rocks off the Carna coast in Mace. The sailors were brought to Galway and were publicly hung in Eyre Square by Governor Bingham of Connaught. No wreckage is left but it is believed that some sailors escaped capture and settled in Carna.
