The day a ‘H-bomb’ floated ashore in Cork

Ray Ryan recalls an incident 50 years ago when a suspicious device was found washed up on a beach in Ballycotton. Had the Cold War’s reach finally found its way to Ireland?

LITTLE of interest happened in East Cork without the late Willie Cox being among the first to hear about it. He was a veteran newsman based in Midleton and had contacts all over the region.

It was not surprising one of those contacts should have telephoned him when “a strange looking yoke” was washed ashore in Ballycotton on February 17, 1966.