Pollatoomary

Pollatoomary is the deepest explored underwater cave in Ireland. First discovered in 1978 by cave diver Martyn Farr, it was explored to a depth of 103 metres (338 ft) by Artur Kozłowski, one of Farr's students,[1] on 5–6 July 2008.[2][3]

The cave is located in the Partry Mountains in the townland of Bellaburke near Killavally, Westport, County Mayo, where the Aille River reemerges, having gone underground at Aille caves some 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) away. The cave entrance is on privately owned farmland.

The explored limit of Pollatoomary is 13 metres (43 ft) deeper underwater than that of the terminal sump in Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset, England, which had previously held the record for the deepest underwater cave in Britain and Ireland.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Siggins, Lorna (7 September 2011). "'There is no rescue - only recovery, if you're lucky'". Irish Times. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Kozłowski, Artur (2009). "Dark Rising: the exploration of an underground river in County Mayo, Ireland". Irish Speleology (Speleological Union of Ireland) 18: 69–70. ISSN 0332-4907.
  3. ↑ Gallagher, Emer (16 July 2008). "Explorer plunges to new depths in Mayo". Mayo News. Retrieved 21 September 2011.