#Sunbeam - The National Monuments Service is making efforts to preserve the wreck of the schooner Sunbeam dislodged by the recent storms on a Kerry beach after more than a century beneath the sand, according to The Irish Times this morning (10 January).

As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the wreck of the British schooner - lost in 1903 and buried on Rosbeigh Strand ever since - was exposed by last week's extreme wind and wave action.

But its feared that souvenir hunters may leave nothing left of the regional treasure, as reports claim people have been cutting off pieces of wood from the remains of the vessel over the past few days.

Preservation of the shipwreck will likely involve reburying the structure to preserve its delicate timber. The Irish Times has more on the story HERE.

#Sunbeam - Gaeltacht-based journalist Seán Mac an tSíthigh has posted an image to Twitter of the wreck of a schooner exposed by the recent storms after 111 years buried in the sand.

According to the Irish Shipwrecks database, the British schooner Sunbeam was lost in January 1903 after she was driven ashore at Rosbeigh Strand in Co Kerry during a storm while sailing from Kinvara to Cork.

So it's more than a little ironic that it took another storm to raise her remains from her sandy grave.

Correction: It was originally stated that the wreck of the Sunbeam was previously underwater, but in fact it had been embedded in the sand on Rosbeigh Strand.