Undersea voyage to find first Irish settlers

A number of Irish academics are involved in an undersea expedition searching for evidence of the first Irish settlers.

IT Sligo, along with University College Cork (UCC) and the Irish Marine Institute are all part of the University of Bradford’s “Europe’s Lost Frontiers” research team, which have set out on an expedition to explore the extensive submerged landscapes that exist between Ireland and Great Britain.

Following the last Ice Age, large areas of habitable land were submerged following climate change and sea level rise across the world.