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9th March 2014

Carrickfergus Castle Dig Makes History On Belfast Lough's Shores

#BelfastLough - Eight hundred years of history on the shores of Belfast Lough have come to light thanks to a new archaeological dig at Carrickfergus Castle.

As the Belfast Telegraph reports, the fortification dates from Anglo-Norman times and is the best preserved site of that era on the island of Ireland, allowing experts to fill in a detailed picture of life in the Middle Ages.

The latest excavations are in the oldest part of the castle, the great hall where Anglo-Norman knight John De Courcy would have feasted.

But additional discoveries in the earth mean we're also learning more about a later resident, Arthur Chichester - the man credited with the founding of Belfast in the Elizabethan Era.

The Belfast Telegraph has much more on the story HERE.

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About World Ocean Day

World Ocean Day is celebrated annually on June 8th to highlight the important role the ocean has for our life and the planet. The focus each year is on the 30x30 campaign: to create a healthy ocean with abundant wildlife and to stabilise the climate, it is critical that 30% of our planet’s lands, waters, and oceans are protected by 2030.

One of the issues affecting our ocean is marine litter which has become a global problem for both humans and marine life. However, communities around Ireland have demonstrated their desire to be part of the solution by taking part in several beach cleaning and clean-up calls to action.

Statistics show that the number one cause of marine litter is litter dropped in towns and cities.

In 2021, the initiative changed its name from “World Oceans Day” to “World Ocean Day”. By dropping the “s”, its organisers wanted to highlight the fact that we are all connected by a large ocean. This shared ocean supports all life on the planet, by producing most of the oxygen we breathe and regulating climate. No matter where we live, we all depend on the ocean to survive.

This means that each piece of marine litter removed from a beach, river, lake, park or street in Ireland, will have a positive impact on a global scale.