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Show , Vessels May Be Older . Than St. Patrick's Time An Interesting urcheologlcal discovery discov-ery was made by men clearing an old ditcb at Mornington. county Louth, Ireland, village at the mouth of the Boync. Mornlngtnn Is connected by tradition with St. Patrick, who In 432. after un successful efforts to effect a luniling tn other parts of Ireland, entered the Roy tie there and ran his vessel Into what whs then known as the hurbor at Colpa, now culled Colp. In a dltcb Into which within living memory the Borne used to flow, forming form-ing a nmural harbor, workmen unearthed un-earthed the timbers of several oaken vessels lying at an angle to the stream and apparently of great age. The length of the vessels cannot be ascertained ascer-tained nntll after further excavations. , The fact that sandy soli will preserve pre-serve oak fur thousands of years opens op the possibility thai the vessels may be eveu older than St Patrick s time. Steps have been taken to protect them until they have been seen by an urcb eologlcal expert, |