A sharp-eyed Irish postman demonstrated his detective skills after tracking down a Co Donegal house with only the vaguest of instructions on a letter to go by.
The letter was sent from Belfast across the border into the Irish Republic to the home of a PHD student.
In full, the envelope contained the message on the front: “Your man Henderson, that boy with the glasses who is doing a PhD up here at Queen’s in Belfast. Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland.”
A friend sent the letter to Barry Henderson who is studying for a PhD in history at Queen’s University Belfast with the potentially confusing address at his home in Buncranca, which has a population of 7,000.
The local postman for the country’s An Post mail service knew who Henderson was and then passed it on to his wife Roisin who works for a local newspaper in the Co Donegal town.
Inside the envelope was a terse message written by Barry Henderson’s friend: “If this has arrived, you live in a village.”
Roisin Henderson posted the letter again this time on Twitter and wrote: “A guy Barry knows sent him this from Belfast, with that wee note included inside it.
“I think it’s brilliant. Only in Donegal”
