Funds sought to move navy artifacts

RARE naval artifacts stored in Dublin for five years will at last be moved to Co Mayo if locals in Foxford can raise €17,000 this month.

A priceless gift presented to the people of Foxford in Co Mayo by the Argentine navy has been locked away in Dublin docks since 1998.

No one is willing to pay the €17,000 to move two containers of cannons, small firearms and other artifacts to Mayo. The gift was donated in honour of Foxford-born Admiral William Brown, who established Argentina’s navy in the 1800s.