June 28, 2003
(18:28) A controlled explosion, on what has been identified as a training grenade, has been carried out in Casla in Connemara today.
The grenade, which had been on display in a local pub for some years , was examined by members of an army bomb disposal team this morning.
They then brought it to an isolated location on the nearby shoreline, where the explosion was carried out.
The grenade was of a type used by the Irish Army until the 1980's.
The owner of the pub notified GardaĆ about the grenade yesterday, who then called in the army.
The grenade may have originated from an FCA exercise in the 70's.
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