IRELAND’S ANCIENT GLORIES
SUPPOSED ROYAL REMAINS FOUND
(United Pres* Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
LONDON. 4th January. New light may be thrown on Ireland’s ancient glories bv the exhumation from the Sheebeg mountain, overlooking the ancient Hill of Tara, near Carrick, on the' Shannon, of a supposed king and queen who bore sway two thousand years ago Antiquarians found these remains .after removing hundreds of tons of rocks and rubble, including a solid block of masonry ten tons in weight closing the entrance to 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 o Tara The skeletons are considered those of royalties. Further exploration may disclose treasure and armour inestimable in historic value in another chamber in the royal mountain, which civic guards are perpetually watching, while hundreds of spectators are arriving daily. Sheebeg dominates five counties and oerlooks fourteen lakes. Legendarialy it contains the remains of a dynasty whose origin lies ill the mists of antiquity.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 January 1931, Page 5
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