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What is the extent of evidence of a paleolithic human presence in Irealnd?

 * County sligo “stone implements” are flakes of natural origin.
 * Two stone handaxes are genuine artefacts but are modern discards
 * Dún Aonghasa on Inis Mór, Aran, Co. Galway (Murphy 1977)
 * garden in Co. Cork (Woodman 1998)
 * Human bones were associated with remains of giant deer but deposits in the cave were disturbed by a fluctuating water-table, radiocarbon dating indicate the bones are of a 4th M. BC date (Dowd 2002)
 * Small but relatively thick flint flake found in Mell (near Drogheda), Co. Louth came from a deposit of post-glacial gravel. It is slightly rolled or blunted by water action so it may have been collected somewhere in the Irish Sea area along with other debris by glacial action (Mitchell and de G. Sieveking 1972)
 * Flint flake from Ballycullen (near Newtownards) Co. Down may have also been transported by glacial action (Stirland 2008)

How did Mesolithic people first arrive in Ireland?
it's unkown as to where. there have been a number of sites such as the site near the river shannon. about 9,500 years old. and an earlyer site in nothern Ireland .mount sandel around 9,000 years old. they could have crossed from what is now walse. from the date near shannon it's claer there must be later dates. so id say they arrived around 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. maybe from walse. or even mainland europe considering the land mass and sea level's would have been lower.