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It is believed that the first inhabitants of Ireland came from northern Spain after the end of the last ice age, over 8,000 years ago. Even now, some people in Ireland look similar to people in northern parts of Spain and have similar genetic makeups.
Some have also suggested that the "Black Irish" are descended from Spanish sailors and soldiers who survived the destruction of the Spanish Armada, were washed ashore in Ireland and stayed there, but is not historically documented.
Some believe the Armada theory is an American invention, the book "Ireland Graveyard of the Spanish Armada" (1967, T. P. Kilfeather) details the history, and states:
"The belief that men of Spanish appearance in Co. Galway may be descendants of men who came ashore from the ships of the Armada and inter-married with the Irish cannot stand the test of historical examination. Almost every Spaniard who set foot on the soil of Co. Galway was butchered or callously hanged on the instructions of Sir Richard Bingham, who, in turn, was conforming to the edict of the Lord Deputy Fitzwilliam." (p. 63).
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