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Why grenades and bombs from Ireland s war years still turn up
Updated / Friday, 12 Feb 2021
16:00
Bombs found by the British Auxiliaries in an IRA bomb factory at Heron and Lawless bicycle shop on Dublin s Parnell Street in December 1920. Photo: Joseph Cashman/RTÉ Cashman Collection/RTÉ Stills Library
The discovery of a grenade dating from the War of Independence in Dublin s Grand Canal close to Harold s Cross bridge made headlines last summer. However, as 
Lar Joye, Port Heritage Director at Dublin Port, and former curator of the Military Collections at the National Museum, explained to Myles Dungan on RTÉ Radio 1 s History Show, there are probably plenty of other munitions from Ireland s revolutionary years still out there in a variety of places. Here are some lightly edited extracts from that discussion ....

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