Armada docudrama shows dark history of Normal People's Sligo

Armada 1588: Shipwreck and Survival tells turbulent tale on bucolic stretch of Irish coast

Streedagh beach was the setting for young love in the TV drama Normal People, but its latest screen depiction reveals a dark history of plunder and slaughter on the golden sand.

Instead of romance among the dunes, viewers encounter drownings, stabbings and hangings on this bucolic stretch of Ireland's Atlantic coast. And unlike the adaptation of Sally Rooney's novel, it's all true.