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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Canadian couple’s message in a bottle found 13 years later in Irish bay

Anita and Brad’s message in a bottle, found at Scraggane Bay in County Kerry, Ireland.
Anita and Brad’s message in a bottle, found at Scraggane Bay in County Kerry, Ireland. Photograph: Maharees Heritage and Conservation/Facebook

In September 2012, a young couple capped a romantic date in Newfoundland, on Canada’s eastern tip, by putting a message in a bottle and dropping it into the Atlantic.

“Anita and Brad’s day trip to Bell Island. Today, we enjoyed dinner, this bottle of wine and each other, at the edge of the island,” it said. It asked whomever might find the message to “please call us”, followed by a scribbled number.

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