Student discovers the tooth of Stone Age Ireland on school tour to Carrowkeel Caves

It’s not often a child can boast they made a significant historical find on a school tour, but that’s exactly what Eillie Mai Ryan-Earley did on a recent visit to Carrowkeel Caves in Co Sligo.

Ellie Mai’s discovery of a human tooth from the Stone Age is now on display in the National Museum in Dublin.

A group of third to sixth class children from Ballyfarnon National School in Roscommon were on a tour to Carrowkeel Caves in Sligo, when sixth class pupil Ellie Mai noticed something at the mouth of the entrance to the passage tomb.