National: Finding Aoife message in a bottle lands Stateside
AN IRISH message in a bottle has been washed to shore in New Jersey, America.
The message was written by a girl called Aoife on July 17, 2019 and it reads:
"Greetings from Ireland. I have thrown this bottle into the sea for someone to find another day.Maybe it's travelled down to Africa or to Iceland. I won't know if someone found this, but I hope it's found. Aoife."
The bottle was discovered by Frank Bolger, his wife Karen and granddaughter Autumn while they were enjoying a walk on the beach.
A search is now underway by the family to locate Aoife as the family actually have Irish connections as they moved to America from the Emerald Isle in 1860’s.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Frank said 'Aoife’ did not include an email or address or any way to identify her other than her first name.
He said that he and his wife thought it was ‘really strange’, so they contacted some people about it and the story went viral.
There have been a number of people reaching out however, Aoife seems to be a mystery!