Hampton, New Hampshire is more than 2,800 miles from Ireland

A piece of a New Hampshire recycle bin was found on a beach in Ireland last weekend.Vinny Hyland made the discovery after a strong storm, which he said packed winds of 80 mph and very high seas, hit Ireland’s west coast. He posted a photograph of the piece on March 1 to the “Hampton Beach – ‘Official’” Facebook page.“That is some journey across the Atlantic,” Hyland said in the post. Hampton, New Hampshire is more than 2,800 miles away from the small cove at Derrynane, County Kerry in southwest Ireland, where the piece was found.Details of its journey, including the time spent in the water and the path, remain a mystery, but it possibly rode along the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic currents. It could have floated out during an especially high tide at Hampton Beach in the recent past, but we may never know how or when the piece was lost.Hyland told WMUR-TV the piece has no markings to indicate which home or business it came from.

A piece of a New Hampshire recycle bin was found on a beach in Ireland last weekend.



Vinny Hyland made the discovery after a strong storm, which he said packed winds of 80 mph and very high seas, hit Ireland’s west coast. He posted a photograph of the piece on March 1 to the “Hampton Beach – ‘Official’” Facebook page.




“That is some journey across the Atlantic,” Hyland said in the post.

Hampton, New Hampshire is more than 2,800 miles away from the small cove at Derrynane, County Kerry in southwest Ireland, where the piece was found.

Vinny Hyland

Details of its journey, including the time spent in the water and the path, remain a mystery, but it possibly rode along the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic currents. It could have floated out during an especially high tide at Hampton Beach in the recent past, but we may never know how or when the piece was lost.

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Hyland told WMUR-TV the piece has no markings to indicate which home or business it came from.