Events

• An envoy of King Philip II of Spain
  Philip II of Spain
  Philip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
  
   arrived to make inquiries of survivors of the Spanish Armada in Ireland
  Spanish Armada in Ireland
  The Spanish Armada in Ireland refers to the landfall made upon the coast of Ireland in September 1588 of a large portion of the 130-strong fleet sent by Philip II to invade England....
  
  but was successful in only eight cases.