![]() McFadden later after their listeners took them to task for being mean, but she didn’t get a chance to explain on the air that while it is her first time in Ireland, she’s gone quite a bit beyond the cheesy leprechaun-logo tour. Now, I’m amazed and surprised and I’m very happy that I was able to place it in the hands of people who would appreciate it.”Ī local radio personality took umbrage at an American making such a discovery in between stops on her bus tour of tourist traps. I didn’t fully realize how important the find was at the time. He had me take him back to the site at which I found it. ![]() ![]() “I kept it with me until I caught up with Michael and he was very intrigued. “When I first looked at it, I really thought nothing of it! It was really pretty and I thought someone had possibly dropped it,” recalled, not thinking that whoever dropped it did so centuries ago. McKenna McFadden was on a walking tour of Omey Island in Connemara, western Ireland, led by archaeologist Michael Gibbons when she spotted the back of a metal brooch while exploring rabbit burrows on the shore. An American film student at New York University discovered a rare 12th century brooch during a field trip in Ireland earlier this month.
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