Football kicked into Irish Sea from Dublin washes up in different country as family left shocked after beach discovery
They incredibly stumbled upon a weathered football that had apparently floated across the
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The Welsh father and son were left stunned after seeing what was written on the ball
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The ball was from Finglas United - 80 miles from the Dublin coast
The football is thought to have travelled more than 80 miles from its home club.
Andrew Jones and his 12-year-old son, Celyn, had been enjoying a walk along the remote beach at
To their amazement, it was an old football. The ball was faded and scuffed from its time at sea.
But still bearing the clear markings of 'Finglas United' - a well know grassroots football club based in north Dublin.
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The club, which was founded in 2015, is well known for its strong community focus and local teams across a number of age grades.
Andrew, who runs the nearby Pengraig Campsite, said he was shocked when he realised just how far the ball must have travelled.
He said: "We were very surprised to find it.
"It's a beautiful little cove - you have to climb down a cliff to get there - It's quite remote, so to find anything like that is rare, never mind a football that seems to have crossed the sea.
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"It makes you wonder what else is out there, floating between us. It's a small world, really."
The find has sparked curiosity about how the ball ended up in the water.
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It's unclear exactly how it got there, it may have been swept into the sea during bad weather or washed away from a pitch.
Whatever the case, it endured a long journey across open water to end up on the Welsh coast.
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Despite being a little worse for wear, the ball remained largely intact.
It was a small but fascinating of how the unexpected ways the Irish Sea can link the two nations.
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