On May 12th, Nathan Maxwell was helping to put up a fence at his home in Ballycar, Newmarket on Fergus, when he swung a pick-axe, and struck what turned out to be a cannonball in the ground.
It’s been donated to the Clare Museum, who – with the help of historian Martin Breen – discovered that it was linked with a former castle in Ballycar, and that it dates back to the 1650s and the era of Oliver Cromwell.
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Nathan, and John Rattigan of the Clare Museum, spoke with Gavin on Friday’s Morning Focus
