In the fall of 2016, residents of County Mayo, Ireland, experienced an interruption to their beach day. Because that’s when they found a strange vessel floating aimlessly just offshore. And this mysterious boat washed up on the Irish coast carrying a strange secret. But what could the mysterious message found onboard mean?
“Plain of the Yew Trees”
Along the west coast of Ireland is the 2,157-square-mile county of Mayo. It’s the third-largest county in the entire country, and it’s known for both its extensive blanket mire as well as its limestone landscape.