#Archaeology - It was quite a turn-up for the books on Omey Island recently as a US student found a 12th-century brooch in the sand on the Connemara tidal island.
As The Irish Times reports, the rare kite brooch was discovered by chance by McKenna McFadden while on a field trip with fellow New York University students led by Michael Gibbons, a local archaeologist.
It's since been identified as being 900 years old, and will be offered to the collection of the National Museum.
Omey Island is also the subject of a new book charting its remarkable history, as previously reported on Afloat.ie.