Operation underway to remove whale washed up on Glencolmcille beach


A major removal operation is underway at a beach in Glencolmcille, after a sperm whale was washed up on the shore.

It’s estimated to be 70 foot long and it weighs 25 tonnes.

It washed up at around 5:30pm on Saturday evening at ‘The Big Beach’.

Amber Carr lives nearby and visited while the whale was ashore:

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