Report from Northside People.

I hope they had a licence!

FOUR Coolock diving enthusiasts uncovered a rare find last week when they managed to pull what they believe to be a 120-year-old anchor from the sea off Lambay Island. In a two and half hour operation, the divers, Kevin Darling, Johnny Hogan, Robert Murren and Derek Doolin, managed to slowly drag the anchor from the seabed up to Malahide Marina.
The origins of the anchor are still unclear, although the divers say they have narrowed it down to one of two possibilities.
Kevin Darling told Northside People: “We believe it is most likely from a ship called the ‘Strathtay’. If not, then there is the possibility it is from another ship known as the ‘Shamrock’.
The ‘Strathtay’ was a Scottish ship that was built in Glasgow in 1883 and sank off the north east coast, near Lambay, two years later.
“They are the only two ships that read more…….