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Meet Sammy the Seal - Wicklow Town Legend!
Wicklow town has a cute celeb who we discovered on a walk-about in the town during our trip last week - Sammy is a young male seal who has been visiting the south quay of Wicklow town harbour since June 2013. Initially Sammy followed the local fishing boats into the harbour so he could feast on the throw offs from the boats. But Sammy quickly developed a friendship with a local fishmongers, 'The Fishman', who feed him herring and mackerel. Sammy has a daily routine of appearing at 9am, 1pm and 4pm looking for his feed and seems to enjoy the attention from locals and tourists. Sammy has become such a notoriety in Wicklow town that there is even a 'Seal' sign at the place where he always appears (opposite the fishmongers!). If you are ever visiting Wicklow town pop over to the south quay to meet Sammy the Seal!
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Fran Reddy
Sweet! Maybe Sammy will become as popular as Fungie of Kerry ;)
Aug 12, 2015
Gerry Regan
Very poignant, this -- the bond between people and animals always moves me profoundly, and never more so than after the murder of Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe. Clearly, Sammy feels safe among the visitors and residents. That he understands that is very poignant indeed. Thanks for sharing this, Shauna, John! Anything on sale this month, BTW?
Aug 12, 2015
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I've yet to get to Dingle to meet Fungie, some day!
Yes the news of Cecil was dreadful. Sammy certainly does seem to be at ease, although I felt he might be a bit lonely on his own, I don't know much about Seals and I wondered do they like solitary life or prefer to be with other seals.
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Aug 12, 2015
Gerry Regan
Sammy may yet inspire his own motion picture or children's book. You heard it here first!
Aug 13, 2015