Cormac MacConnell: Rural discoveries beat Banagher twice in the one week

Many’s the time most of us of a certain generation have been heard to utter the old country saying, “Well, that beats Banagher!” when shocked and awed by an unexpected development of one kind or another.

Gardaí have recovered four limestone statues which were stolen in Charleville in 2011, including busts of William of Orange and Oliver Cromwell, left, and statues of eagles, right. Picture: Press 22