Elephant tusks from 'slave ship' recovered off Dingle coast 

The tusks are now with the National Museum 
Elephant tusks from 'slave ship' recovered off Dingle coast 

Dingle Oceanworlds education officer Ciara O'Halloran pictured with the tusk that was dredged up from the sea bed by fishermen in Kerry

Elephant tusks have been recovered from what is believed to be a slave ship off the coast of Dingle.

The tusks were pulled in by the Cu Na Mara trawler about 120 miles west of Dingle.

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