After having dug to a depth of 10 metres last year, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the
conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English scientists dug to a depth of 20 metres, and shortly after, headlines in
the English newspapers read: 'English archaeologists have found traces of 200-year-old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors
already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the Scots.'
One week later, 'The Kerrymen,' a southwest Irish newsletter, reported the following: 'After digging as deep as 30 metres in peat bog near
Tralee, Paddy O'Shea, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Paddy has therefore concluded that 300 years
ago, Ireland had already gone wireless.'
conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English scientists dug to a depth of 20 metres, and shortly after, headlines in
the English newspapers read: 'English archaeologists have found traces of 200-year-old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors
already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the Scots.'
One week later, 'The Kerrymen,' a southwest Irish newsletter, reported the following: 'After digging as deep as 30 metres in peat bog near
Tralee, Paddy O'Shea, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Paddy has therefore concluded that 300 years
ago, Ireland had already gone wireless.'