Sifting through the sands of time on a Kerry beach

We shouldn’t ignore the rich history of other eras that surrounds us at the expense of

FOR years, I’ve been walking out along that magnificent stretch of beach in north Kerry, Banna Strand, kicking up the sand as I go in the hope of uncovering some long-forgotten treasure. It seems, now, that I might have been on to something.

Earlier this week, Kerry County Museum bought a map drawn by Roger Casement showing where he reputedly buried gold and silver coins in the vicinity before he was arrested on Good Friday in 1916.