The skeletal remains of the large vessel become visible when the low tide shifts – for years it has attracted curious tourists, reports The Mirror..
But the County Sligo landmark – which was initially thought to be part of the fabled Spanish Armada in the 16th century has now been identified.
Thanks to new archaeological and archival research by Ireland's National Monuments Service, the original theory has been ruled out and the tragic identity of the ship has now been uncovered.
So what this means is the wreck didn't just show up, but has been exposed for decades in Ireland, but everyone thought it was a Spanish wreck that happened around 1588... The time of the Spanish Armada.
But NOW they know it wasn't that at all.
It was this British ship, the Greyhound, all along.
It was exactly this timeframe that was missing in the article. No where in the article was I able to find any reference to how long scientists had been "puzzled" or tourists had been "curious."
Six weeks? One year? Five years? 75 years?
It matters!
The phrase "solved after 250 years" is very misleading, insofar as that suggests that experts have been puzzled by it for 250 years - whereas it may have become exposed only a scant few years ago.
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