The mystery of the Barleycove whale bones has been solved, thanks to an eagle-eyed family from Co Wicklow with a hidden talent for marine anatomy.
The O’Tooles, who live near Greystones, have come forward to explain how they found a random pile of bones during a walk on Barleycove beach on the Mizen peninsula in West Cork last Saturday, and then set about reassembling them like a giant Lego set, before heading home.
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