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24 Mar 2026

WATCH: Grenade found in Mayo destroyed by special Irish Army team

Army bomb squad called to cottage after century-old device unearthed under stairs on St Patrick’s Day

A Mayo man got an unexpected piece of living history on St Patrick’s Day when he uncovered a grenade while renovating his family’s 1884 cottage in Westport.

The Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit came up from Cork to destroy the grenade.

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