A mysterious civil servant sends four divers in search of sunken Spanish Armada gold in 1969. A bit of digging on Inishbofin in 2019 suggests there may be some truth to it.

'Treasure Island: The Hunt for the Falcon Blanco' is the story of a 400-year-old mystery wrapped up in a modern day hunt for sunken Spanish Armada gold. Journalist Philip Boucher-Hayes investigates the claims of a group of divers to have found a wreck fifty years ago, before diving the site himself.

'Treasure Island: The Hunt for the Falcon Blanco' is the story a 400-year-old mystery wrapped up in a modern day hunt for sunken Spanish Armada gold. Journalist Philip Boucher-Hayes investigates the claims of a group of divers to have found a wreck fifty years ago, before diving the site himself.

Treasure Island

Ep 1 - X Marks the Spot

Several people who've heard rumours about the treasure turn up on Inishbofin as the dive expedition continues. A solution to the riddle of the diver's and boatman's conflicting stories.  And a conclusion nobody saw coming.

Ep 6 - Plot Twist

Fifty years after the 1969 dive team say they found the Falcon Blanco we take to the water. The enormous scale of what is ahead reveals itself. A nasty shock about the origin of the cannonball.

Ep 5 - Full Fathom Fifteen

Disagreement among the four divers about what they did or did not find in 1969. The boatman  who believes they hid the truth from him.

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