Show galway urban council seeks historical relic the mystery mastery that has so long iong surrounded the disappearance of tile the nace and sword of the old galway corporation has been partly solved mays ays the san francisco chronicle it has been ascertained chiat thiat the irce irace was sold by a jewish dealer in antiques for wore more than and afterward sold abroad for a much larger sum eum the mace which Is of solid silver is ila of great arche archaeological archeological and ae gentl mental value and Is being sought for by the galany urban council successor of the mayor and corporation ills als solved years ago it appears that the last mayor mayo r kept the mace and sword in lieu of unpaid salary and his heirs decided to part with them the dealer who purchased it states that lie ho offered the mace to the dublin museum before finally disposing of it it Is said however that under an ancient law the mace cannot be sold outside ireland |