Bob Wellings reports from the picturesque village of Corofin in County Clare, where local inventor and resident engineering genius James Tierney has built his own submarine – the only one in all of Ireland – out of some oil barrels. Mr Tierney’s stated intention is to pilot this home-made craft to the bottom of Loch Inchiquin and spend the whole night on the lake bed. There’s just one problem – nobody has ever seen the vessel submerge…
Could it be that the twinkly-eyed James Tierney is having a bit of mischievous fun at the expense of the BBC and – worse still – the regulars at the local pub? Might his famous ‘submarine’ in fact, be nothing more than a mere boat? You decide.
This clip is from Nationwide, originally broadcast 21 August, 1978.
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