Shipwreck site dangerous due to storm-hit dunes in Rossbeigh

The site of an old shipwreck, displaced in recent storms, is dangerous because of unstable sand dunes, it has been warned.

Shipwreck site dangerous due to storm-hit dunes in Rossbeigh

Hundreds of people have been flocking to Rossbeigh Beach in Kerry to view the wreck of the schooner, Sunbeam, which had been buried in the beach for more than a century and was swept by mountainous waves to the base of the dunes.

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