Two other Spanish ships had sunk while trying to enter Killybegs, leaving many survivors ashore. The local chief, MacSweeney Bannagh, helped prepare Girona because he wanted this large displaced population to move on. Shared Catholicism did not erase the cultural differences and practical friction between the Spanish visitors and their Irish hosts. Loading senior officers and survivors aboard Girona solved an immediate problem on land while creating an extraordinary concentration of people at sea.
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Why local pressure at Killybegs crowded Girona
Pressure to move stranded Spanish survivors out of Killybegs produced Girona's dangerous overload.