History comes to life in Conamara. Wildcat bones found in the Burren. And much more news from Ireland and around the world.
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Pupils at a rural primary school in Conamara have completed an in-depth history project and play on the world's first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 by Alcock and Brown.
Aillebrack National School are taking part in an All-Island Schools' History Competition which aims to showcase historical events. RTÉ's Teresa Mannion meets the young historians.
Shane O'Curraighín tells us about the first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.
Archaeologist Dr Marion Dowd of Atlantic Technological University made the discovery in Glencurran Cave in the Burren, Co Clare.
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