HOPES that a historic bronze bell would be recovered were raised yesterday, following the recovery of part of the priceless object. About one quarter of the 236-year-old bell and the clapper was found in a laneway in Castleisland, Co Kerry, yesterday afternoon, not far from where it had been stolen two weeks ago.
Meanwhile, parishioners are appealing for the safe return of a cloth relic which was allegedly worn by an apostle of Jesus.
The relic of St Jude were stolen from a site, near a disused school at Calvary, near Omeath, Co Louth, on July 20. Locals want now to bring the theft to national attention.