Two stranded dolphins on a Co Louth beach recently got a helping hand from a member of a widely acclaimed Irish trad band.
According to the Dundalk Democrat, Andrew Hendy of The Mary Wallopers and his friend Seán McMahon were on Blackrock beach last Friday (23 August) to go paddle boarding when they were approached by a woman seeking help for two stranded dolphins.
The cetaceans had become trapped on the beach after an extraordinarily high tide on Thursday night and were “in a state of panic”, McMahon wrote on social media.
Thinking fast, the pair got on the phone with marine wildlife experts at the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG), who advised them how to carefully dig out sand from underneath the dolphin’s fins “so they could rest at the correct angle as we waited for help to arrive”.
Soon they were joined by locals including gardaí and members of Dundalk Sub Aqua, with buckets of cold water and wet towels to ease the dolphins’ comfort before the group were able to carry them out to the water.
The Dundalk Democrat has more on the story HERE.