Water Monster · County Kerry, Munster · 1923

IRE-1923ID case-3ad7d921e5Added to map Oct 11, 2026

The account

Fishermen off Cahirelveen, County Kerry claim to have captured a 30-foot long sea monster weighing ten tons after a six-hour struggle.

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Creature: Water Monster
Where: County Kerry, Munster, Éire / Ireland
mapped to county level · from the report's own words, generalized to a larger area
When: Aug 23, 1923
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 11, 2026
Case id: case-3ad7d921e5

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Image 6 of The Alaska daily empire (Juneau, Alaska), August 23, 1923
Newspaper · 1923-08-23
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