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After having dug to a depth of 10 metres last year, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire
dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English scientists dug to a depth of 20 metres,
and shortly after, headlines in the UK newspapers read: 'English archaeologists have found traces of 200 year
old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications
network a hundred years earlier than the Scots.'
One week later, The Kerryman, a Southwest Irish newsletter, reported the following:
'After digging as deep as 30 metres in peat bog near Tralee, Paddy O'Droll, a self taught archaeologist,
reported that he found absolutely nothing. Paddy has therefore concluded that 300 years ago Ireland
had already gone wireless.
dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English scientists dug to a depth of 20 metres,
and shortly after, headlines in the UK newspapers read: 'English archaeologists have found traces of 200 year
old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications
network a hundred years earlier than the Scots.'
One week later, The Kerryman, a Southwest Irish newsletter, reported the following:
'After digging as deep as 30 metres in peat bog near Tralee, Paddy O'Droll, a self taught archaeologist,
reported that he found absolutely nothing. Paddy has therefore concluded that 300 years ago Ireland
had already gone wireless.
