A little late for St. Patrick's Day...

IRISH TECHNOLOGY

After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year,
Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back
100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors
already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed,
English scientists dug to a depth of 20 meters, and shortly
after, headlines in the English newspapers read: "English
archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper
wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had
an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred
years earlier than the Scots."

One week later, "The Kerrymen", a southwest Irish newsletter,
reported the following: "After digging as deep as 30 meters
in peat bog near Tralee, self-taught archaeologist Paddy
O'Droll reported that he found absolutely nothing. Paddy
has therefore concluded that 300 years ago Ireland had
already gone wireless."


Richard Ingram