Amber Beads found in Co. Cavan

In June, 1921, when cutting turf by the lake shore in Skeagh bog, parish of Knockbride, Co. Cavan, John Smith, of Derrydamph, found, seven feet below the surface, nineteen amber beads: four of them were broken by the slane, or turf spade. The beads, apparently, had formed a necklace, each being perforated for a thick string. The largest one was nearly globular, about 1½ in. in diameter; the others are graduated in size, in pairs, the smallest being about the size of playing marbles. All of them, except the large one, are flattened on two sides. Three of them appear to have been split and put together again. They are all of a dark yellowish brown. The finder took them home as playthings for his children, and they remained in his house for two years, until seen by Mr. James McBreen, of Knockbride, who recognised what they were. They are now all in the custody of the writer.