The Army bomb disposal unit was deployed to Wexford on Monday to deal with two second World War shells which were being unwittingly used as garden ornaments. The shells are believed to have been fired from a costal artillery gun, and may have been inert training rounds. Ireland operated several costal artillery batteries around its coastline before and during the war, which was known here as the Emergency. These object tend to date to the War of Independence or the Civil War. Wexford was one of several counties bombed by the Germans during the second World War.

Source: The Irish Times June 15, 2020 17:37 UTC