A work in progress based partly on the sinking of the Spanish Galleass ‘La Girona’ off the County Antrim coast in 1588. The Girona was part of the ill-fated Spanish Armada and foundered on the rocks off Lacada Point as it was headed eastward in the hope of finding refuge in Scotland. There were an estimated 1,300 on board The Girona which had been designed for a crew of 300 and among those were slaves from Central and South America and sailors from two other Armada wrecks, ‘La Rata Santa Maria Encoronda‘ and ‘Dunquesa Santa Anna’*. There were nine survivors.
* La Rata Santa Maria Encoronda had run aground in County Mayo and the survivors marched the 25 miles to where they knew the Santa Anna to be anchored. The crew boarded and the Santa Anna set sail only to be wrecked off the coast of Donegal on the 28th September.
Don Alonso Martinez de Leyva (very much) after El Greco. One of the 1,300 onboard the Girona.
The title comes from a ring found on the wreck site made from conquistador gold which says ‘No tengo mas que dar te’ - ‘I have nothing more to give thee’
Further background reading on The Girona can be found here:
Although The Girona actually sank off Lacada Point (Port-na-Spaniagh) the foreground represents Torr Head which is to the east. Torr Head was the sight of a sixth century cashel and in the 1800′s was important for recording the passage of transatlantic shipping for Lloyds of London.
There was a small salmon fishery at Torr and I remember being taken out in an old US army amphibious truck to see the net and a basking shark that had got caught up in it. There was a shed at the back of the slipway that was full of old US Army equipment reputedly left behind when they pulled out from Derry after the Second World War.
Irish Auto Trail-Torr Head to Murlough Bay, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Irish Auto Trail-Torr Head to Murlough Bay, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
https://youtu.be/YVvPfDUbYYM
This Irish auto trail explores the County Antrim coast in Northern Ireland, from Torr Head to Murlough Bay.
Inspired by this post, I've had another thought. Since these two episodes are one after the other, I wonder if the Seven in B'Elanna's vision in “Barge of the Dead” (in the right column) is saying that because the real Seven (in the left column, from “Survival Instinct”) managed to recognize that she overreacted and to admit that she was sorry she brushed off B'Elanna's suggestions, which was a pretty unprecedented event given how their interactions usually played out before that. So I wonder if now B'Elanna feels kind of guilty of having overreacted to Seven over the years, and if that influenced the way her vision plays out in the following episode. This is regardless of whether or not that guilt is warranted—that part of the vision is all about B'Elanna's most negative thoughts and her distorted self-perception, but it's still interesting that they take the shape of Seven's voice this way!
Irish Auto Trails (Series 2)-Cushendun to Torr Head, County Antrim
Irish Auto Trails (Series 2)-Cushendun to Torr Head, County Antrim
https://youtu.be/SGv2JXHgQ5Y
This Irish auto trail explores the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, from Cushendun north to Torr Head.