A table constructed with materials from the Spanish Armada that sunk off the Clare coast in the seventeenth century is to go on sale at auction.
After the ill-fated ships sank of the West Clare coast 430 years ago, ship parts and decorative carvings were recovered, and used to construct the three-metre long ‘Armada table.’
Made from a variety of timbers, it spent 300 years at Dromoland Castle, before being transported to Bunratty Castle and has been described as one of the most important and earliest pieces of Irish furniture.
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The Irish Times reports that it will be sold at an auction in Louth next month, with an estimated value of €100,000
