A grenade from the Civil War period found in a Limerick river was blown up by an Army bomb-disposal unit. Dating from the 1920s, it was uncovered by workmen in the Abbey river during work on the Limerick Main Drainage Scheme.
Grenade found in Limerick river
A grenade from the Civil War period found in a Limerick river was blown up by an Army bomb-disposal unit
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