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The Irish Sun
23-04-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Football kicked into Irish Sea from Dublin washes up in different country as family left shocked after beach discovery
A Welsh family made a surprising discovery during a seaside stroll over Easter holidays They incredibly stumbled upon a weathered football that had apparently floated across the Advertisement 2 The Welsh father and son were left stunned after seeing what was written on the ball 2 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. Advertisement read more on football 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. Advertisement Most read in Football "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. Fire alarm at Stockley Park sees VAR SCRAPPED in middle of Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest match as statement released 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. Advertisement 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.


Irish Daily Mirror
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Football kicked into sea in Dublin washes up in another country
A family in Wales discovered a football which washed up 80 miles from its team's home in Ireland - after floating across the Irish Sea. Andrew Jones and his son, Celyn, 12, were "very surprised" to discover the ball on the small beach Porth y Nant, in Nant Gwrtheryn, on Easter Sunday. The football - which has seen better days - is clearly marked Finglas United, a club based in Dublin founded in 2015. Andrew, who runs the local Pengraig Campsite, said: "It's a beautiful little cove, you have to climb down a cliff to get there. It's a special spot - where else in the world would you want to be!"


BBC News
23-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
12-year-old finds long lost football from Ireland on Welsh beach
Have you ever found something strange whilst walking on the beach?12-year-old Celyn was searching for driftwood on his local beach in Anglesey with his dad Andrew when he found a football that was a long way from football had writing on it to say who it belonged to - the under-12s side from Finglas United Youth FC, who are based all the way over in Dublin, likely that the football had travelled over 80 miles across the Irish Sea - but it's still a mystery as to how it got there in the first place. Speaking to Newsround, Celyn said that he was "very shocked" to find the mystery football at his local beach on Easter Sunday."I was at the rock pools with my dad, who booted a football across the beach."We played with it for a bit and then saw the name of a football team on it called Finglas United. We went to search it up when we had a signal, and it turns out it was a football team from Dublin."Celyn's dad Andrew works on a campsite, and, writing on social media, he joked with Finglas United that "if you want your ball back, you are welcome to come and collect it from us". The football team had fun on their own social media post, writing that their under-12s may need some practice when trying to score goals. Finglas United said: "There is missing the target, and then there is the football ending up in Wales missing the target!"Speaking to the BBC, Celyn's dad Andrew said: "I wouldn't like to think how long it had been in the sea.... we've found ropes and things like that washed up before but never a football."Only time will tell if the mystery of the missing football from Ireland ever gets solved... and if the team will ever get reunited with it.