I hear the State has added to its land portfolio with the addition of almost 99ac near Clonakilty Bay special area of conservation. White’s Marsh is believed to have sold for around €695,000. Noted for rare migratory birds, a flying monkey landed there over 80 years ago.
I hear the State has added to its land portfolio with the addition of almost 99ac near Clonakilty Bay special area of conservation. White’s Marsh is believed to have sold for around €695,000.
Noted for rare migratory birds, a flying monkey landed there over 80 years ago.
No, The Dealer didn’t watch The Wizard of Oz too much over Christmas, it’s a true story.
A Brazilian spider monkey, called Tojo was onboard an American B17 bomber that crash-landed after getting lost en route from Morocco to England in April 1943.
The 11 crew members were ‘incarcerated’ in O’Donovan’s Hotel, Clonakilty but west Cork’s climate (and possibly hospitality) got the better of Tojo.
Demand to see the deceased monkey from locals meant he was waked in a hotel bedroom before being buried with full military honours in the hotel’s garden.
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