Abstract
<jats:p>An episode in the historical experience of the Spanish Armada or Invincible Armada (1588) took place after the war phase in the English Channel, during the return voyage from the North Sea to Spain, when extreme adverse weather conditions caused 17 coastal shipwrecks, totalling approximately a total of 38 sinkings of that fleet, has been historically and legendarily engraved in Irish and Spanish memory.The proven survival over time in Ireland of the memory and vestiges of that Spanish Armada, and its status as a potential link between Spanish and Irish societies during the 20th century and up to the present day, has been relegated in research. Consequently, to fill this gap and respond to the need to observe the influence of this historical episode on the development of contemporary relations between the island and Spain, and to examine its value as a connecting factor in the mutual understanding of the societies of both territories, this essay is presented, whose conclusions allow us to affirm that the Spanish Armada constitutes a minority but unique and positive reason for Spanish-Irish institutional and associative rapprochement and collaboration, translated into various achievements in the diplomatic, scientific, cultural, heritage, tourism and social revitalisation fields, thus demonstrating the existence of an exceptional Spanish Armada atmosphere in Ireland. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)</jats:p>