Andalus Press

28/10/2024

'Altogether a good read'. Nice review of '1588 etc' in the 'Irish Catholic'. (Btw, I'd appreciate your vote for the book in the An Post Irish Book Awards, seventh category down, 'Best Irish Published Book').

1588: The Spanish Armada and the 24 Ships Lost on Ireland’s Shores by Michael B. Barry (Andalus Press, €23.99 / £19.99) Legends of “Spanish gold” haunt the western shores of Scotland and Ireland, from Tobermory to the Blasket Sound. As his subtitle indicates a good part of Michael Barry’s...

25/10/2024

A great night at the Irish Book Awards, GPO. Delighted that '1588, the Spanish Armada and the 24 Ships Lost on Ireland's Shores' has been shortlisted in the 'Best Irish Published Book of the Year' category. Asking a big favour from all my friends: please cast your vote as below. It's easy, just fill in name/email, then scroll down to seventh category.
https://www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

13/10/2024

Delighted with yesterday’s review in the Irish Times for ‘1588, the Spanish Armada and the 24 Ships lost on Ireland’s Shores’

28/09/2024

The Armada has just come over the horizon! (Irish Times bestseller lists today.)

22/09/2024

Delighted that my book ‘1588, the Spanish Armada and the 24 Ships lost on Irish Shores’ also gets a mention in the IT article.

Of the 1,600 Spanish imprisoned in Ireland after the Armada, 1,100 were executed, says a Spanish author

22/09/2024

Pedro Luis Chinchilla receives the medal from the Spanish Ambassador, on board the Spanish Navy ship, at Killybegs.

21/09/2024

A great launch of ‘1588, the Spanish Armada and the 24 Ships lost on Ireland’s Shores’ on the boat off Killybegs. The Spanish Navy in attendance. Thanks to Eddie O'Gorman and Spanish Armada Ireland for organising.

11/09/2024

Book Launch, 6pm Tuesday 17 September. All welcome.

07/08/2024

Just an update to my friends, as you may be puzzled when you see various books emerging. I had been pretty quiet over the last year year, the result is that I have two books due next month.
One is 'The Emergency in Colour', the third in the series co-authored with John O'Byrne for Gill Books (the first was 'The Irish Civil War in Colour'). it's a privilege to be working with John, master of colourising and with a deep knowledge of military history.

The second book is the fruit of six years of work, and visits to places ranging from the northern tip of Ireland (Kinnagoe Bay) all the way down to the southern tip of Spain (Sanlucar de Barrameda), and many places in between. It had the benefit of combining my interest in Irish History with Spanish history (and a a good deal of general European sixteenth century history thrown in as well). So the '1588, the Spanish Armada and the 24 ships Lost on Ireland's Shores' by Andalus Press, tells the story of the Armada from A to Z, but with a lot of detail on the happenings in Ireland.

28/07/2024

We are delighted to announce that our new book on the Spanish Armada is being published. Available in all Irish bookshops from early September.
You can pre-order from Books.ie who also ship worldwide.
https://www.books.ie/1588-the-spanish-armada-and-the-24-ships-lost-on-ireland-s-shores

14/07/2024