It's hoped a woolly mammoth monument planned for Cavan could start conversations about prehistoric Ireland.
Belturbet Community Development Association was recently granted permission to build a life-sized replica of the beast in the town.
Remains of a woolly mammoth were found on Turbet Island in 1715, and date back thousands of years to the Ice Age.
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Author Conor O'Brien says it's a discovery that deserves to be remembered.