Anchors from 1916 German gun-running ship, the Aud, on way to Cork and Kerry for public display

The two salvaged anchors from the 1916 German gun-running ship, the Aud, will be ready for permanent public display within weeks.

The Department of the Arts and Heritage said it expected one anchor to go on display in Fenit, Co Kerry, and the other in Cobh, Co Cork, following an extensive restoration and conservation project.

A spokesman for the department said the approved method statement for the recovery, and conservation, of both anchors provides for the stockless anchor to go to Cobh, and for the admiralty anchor to go to Fenit, subject to National Museum of Ireland approval.