Ah camán lads: Sliotar found inside historic Cork clock as restoration work begins

Horologist Philip Stokes promised to keep the O’Neill’s sliotar safe in case the person who fired it at the clock wanted to claim it.

Emma Stokes and her father Philip Stokes of Stokes Clocks & Watches working on Mangan's Clock on St Patrick's Street, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

A mystery from times past emerged from deep within Cork’s beloved Mangan’s Clock yesterday as repairs on the historic landmark began.

Horologist Philip Stokes recovered a sliotar from internal works of the famous timepiece on the city’s St Patrick’s Street as he started working on his three-month long project to restore it to its former glory.