Erosion risk fears at Valentia Island cable link site

Coastal erosion fears on Valentia Island are putting, at risk, a joint Irish-Canadian bid for Unesco world heritage status for the historic sites of the first transatlantic cable link.

The Cable Field at Coarha Beg, on the cliff top at Foilhommerum Bay in Kerry, is the location from where an underwater cable was relayed to a Great Eastern Ship which brought it to Newfoundland in October 1866.