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Ballybunion locals find pilot whale at Sligo, Ireland

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Ballybunion locals see dead whale as gift from the sea

By DÓNAL NOLAN

Wednesday February 22 2012

LOCALS in Ballybunion are wondering whether they need a butcher or a fishmonger to help preserve an unusual carcass that washed up over the weekend.

                 

A dead pilot whale that washed up in Ballybunion at the weekend. Locals are now wondering if its skeleton could be turned into a tourist attraction.

The remains of a 17foot long pilot whale came ashore by the 16th hole on the old course on Friday and a number of people in town are keen not to look a gift whale in the mouth and hope it could be turned into an attraction.

However, Ballybunion needs a butcher – or a team of butchers — who are game for the job of stripping the flesh off the carcass.

“Maura Hanrahan from Destination Ballybunion is on the case at the moment,” said photographer Francis Bennett, who was among the first to see the carcass. “We’ve seen a number of other towns, like Sligo, that have

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