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McKenna McFadden

NYU Student Discovers 900-Year-Old Irish Brooch

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
August / September 2016

August 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment

An Irish American New York University student made a once-in-a-lifetime discovery in July when she spotted what turned out to be a 12th century kite brooch (pictured right) in the sand on Omey Island, near Cleggan, in Connemara, an area long associated with burials and pilgrimage. McKenna McFadden, a film and television production major minoring in Irish studies at Glucksman … [Read more...] about NYU Student Discovers 900-Year-Old Irish Brooch

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