Owner of the Military Museum in Collon William Sullivan is used to people offering him war memorabilia, but he got the shock of his life on Friday when he thought a live shell was left at his door!
The drama started around lunchtime when a visitor brought something he’d found in his shed, and the day finished with the army bomb disposal unit making an Ordnance QF 18-pounder shell safe in a neighbouring field.
“It goes to show you, you never know what the day will bring you,” says William with a laugh. “I look back and count my lucky stars, as if it had gone off, you wouldn’t even be able to find my shoes!”
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Source: Independent.ie