Ship-Wrecked Elizabeth McClean Emerges in Sand

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Ship-wrecked Elizabeth McClean emerges in sand

Buried in the sand at Lahinch for almost 100 years, the ship-wrecked Elizabeth McClean emerges to allow a salvage operation to take its valuable cargo. The 58-foot schooner, laden down with Liscannor stone, sank off the Clare coast in 1904, bound for Glasgow