Accommodation spanish point

At Spanish Point, 2 miles (3 km) west of Milltown Malbay, is a small resort with golf (9) and a good sandy beach. Spanish Point is so named because of the Spaniards who were buried here after the wreck of their Armada ships along this coast.

One of the ships was wrecked on the reefs to landward of Mutton Island (2 miles/3 km) off shore, can be visited by currach hired in the fishing village of Quilty. More than a thousand men were lost, and many of their bodies were carried by the tide to Spanish Point.