MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES: MONSTER SHOT IN GALWAY

I found the following snippet in The China Mail of June 8^th 1935 today:

MONSTER SHOT IN GALWAY

Creature weighing three tons

Dispatched by Lighthouse Keeper

A monster stated to be 30 feet long and 20 feet in circumference and to weigh three tons was killed in Galway last month.

The creature was first noticed by fishermen in Galway Bay and was seen by Mr John Crowley the Mutton Island lighthouse keeper. It was close to the shore. Mr Crowley fired five shots into the monsters head. It churned the water and caused big waves before it died.

The body was hauled out and large numbers of people visited the island at the week-end to see it. (1)

1. The China Mail June 8^th 1935