A high school in Galway is appealing for information after the discovery of an 18th century sword in the desk of an old employee.
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The sword was found during a clear out of a room in the old Colaiste Sheosaimh School in Glenamaddy, Co. Galway, the Connacht Tribune reports.
The weapon was not in good condition, and was handed over to National History Museum.
It is understood the sword was discovered in a drawer of a former vice principals office. It may have been there for several decades.
The National History Museum believe that it dates back to the late 1700s and have asked the school to attempt to find out more information about it.
The caretaker of the school made the discovery when they were cleaning out an office at the old school before he presented it to Ollie Conway, a history teacher.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.EphraimKibbey | Feb 04, 2013, 08:44 PM EST
I'll bet that principal had a FUN day taking it away from some student. My most FUN day was taking an eight inch French chopping knife away from a girl who was swinging it over her head while running down the hall yelling something about her boyfriend to another girl. Why do Irish school teachers get to have all the FUN?
seanomelb | Feb 02, 2013, 05:20 PM EST
My old sword is older than your old sword what a childish post. Old Celtic swords 2000 years old have been found in Ireland.
merefalow | Feb 02, 2013, 02:51 PM EST
interesting,wish it could speak,i hope it dealt justice for old ireland.
Dompedro | Feb 02, 2013, 01:46 PM EST
Presumably before teachers brought guns to school.
curtisjohnson | Feb 02, 2013, 11:10 AM EST
Yes, and it was probably owned by some anglo squatter anyway.
handsome68 | Feb 02, 2013, 10:57 AM EST
That is not so old. The sword of El Cid, which is in a museum in Toledo, Spain, is something like 1,000 years old. The alleged sword of "Braveheart" in Stirling, Scotland, would be more than 700 years old. The sword found by Ste. Joan of Arc, behind an altar in 1429 in the church of Ste. Catherine of Fierbois, which might have been used by Charles Martel in the 8th century or thereabouts, has been lost--I think. So finding a sword of the type here, to me, is no big chihuahua.