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FOR many years past, as is well known, the prevailing opinion among archæologists has been that no traces of palæolithic man have come to light in Ireland; and it has been generally believed that he never lived in that country. During recent visits to Rosses Point, Sligo, I had considerable opportunities of examining the coast sections and the beach material there exposed, and I have been so fortunate as to discover a series of implements, and flakes, in limestone which, by their provenance and forms, I do not hesitate to refer to the Lower Palæolithic (Early Mousterian) period.
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BURCHELL, J. Discovery of Stone Implements of Lower Palæolithic Age in Ireland. Nature 120, 260–261 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120260a0
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