Return 'smuggled' rare cannons, Ireland tells Tower of London
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DUBLIN, Ireland: Irish officials undertook extensive efforts to retrieve two rare bronze cannons from the UK, claiming they were "illegally smuggled" from a shipwreck off Waterford's coast in the 1970s and sold to the Tower of London. The cannons, bearing Tudor roses and crafted in the 1540s for King Henry VIII, are among only 10 such examples worldwide. The cannons, known as "sakers," were allegedly rem
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