Irreplaceable historic 300lb bell stolen from County Kerry church

Garda Síochána have detained a hunchbacked Franco-Irish national named Quasi Mc Modo on his way to catch the Rosslare - Le Havre Car Ferry. On searching records, his face rang a bell with detectives of the Campano-Heist Squad (CHS). Was sent for psychiatric evaluation, but shrink diagnosed him as a bit of a ding dong. Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for Dúchas: The Heritage Service.

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@WoundedKnee: It was the heart, not the head, of St. Lawrence O’Toole that was stolen.

chopping hands off these lowlfes,it works for the arabs,why not us.

WoundedKnee is so correct. Why these precious artifacts have not been provided with 24/7 security since the first theft. Two reasons, the copper/metal contents for greed; and then the desire for something precious to hoard privately. No one can ever see them except the thieves, and most likely he person who paid for the item. Someone will spill out the story in a pub some night one hopes!

There has been a string of incidents of theft and vandalism in Ireland. The head of St Laurence O'Toole, which had lain undisturbed for eight centuries, was stolen from the Dublin cathedral and has not been recovered. Out in Mayo, a statue of the great poet O Raiftire was stolen. Sculptures on the highways are removed, presumably to be melted down. The fact is that Ireland is now a failed state. UNESCO or some other world cultural organization should be brought in to tell the Irish that their cultural heritage is also the world's heritage, and that the rest of the world takes a dim view of their incompetent stewardship.