IRISH DISCOVERY
ANCIENT ROYALTIES EXHUMED
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
(Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON, January 4
A new light may he thrown on Ireland's ancient glories by the exhumation from Sheebeg Mountain, overlooking the ancient Hill of Tara near Garrick on the Shannon, of a supposed King and Queen who bore sway thousands of years ago. Antiquarians found these remains after removing hundreds of tons of rocks and rubble, including a solid block masonry of ten tons in weight closing the entrance of the Royal Vault, the removal of which disclosed a cavity in which sat male and female skeletons side by side facing towards the Royal seat of Tara. The skeletons are considered those of Royalties of supreme importance in ancient Erin.
Further exploration may disclose treasure and armour of inestimable historic value in another chamber in the royal mountain, which civil guards are perpetually watching, while hundreds of spectators arrive daily. Sheebeg dominates five counties and overlooks fourteen lakes. I.egeiularily it contains the remains of a dynasty, whose origin is lost in the mists of antiquity.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1931, Page 5
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181IRISH DISCOVERY Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1931, Page 5
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