Woman surprised by 4ft snake in cemetery

A 4FT snake discovered in a Co Clare graveyard by a local woman had been missing for six weeks but has now been returned to its rightful owner.

The woman had gone to pray by a grave at Kilmihil cemetery last week and was stunned to find the reptile staring up at her from the grass. She contacted gardaí to report what she had seen.

Gardaí from Kilrush cornered the snake while the ISPCA’s Clare branch warden Frankie Coote was notified.