Beachcombers find capstan after 115 years

Two men beachcombing at the mouth of Youghal harbour have recovered a capstan believed to be from a merchant ship that sank in the east Cork bay over 115 years ago.

Local fisherman Barry Clohessy and his friend Denis McCarthy were walking on Easter Point, a peninsular landmark on the Co Waterford side of the bay when they came across the relic.

It was found in low-tide directly across the river from Youghal lighthouse.