Edendork Snowball Found After Demolition Of Building
The Edendork Snowball, one of the most elusive prizes in Europe, and which hadn’t been won since 1972, was found in box under a set of stairs during the demolition of the Edendork Hall this week.
The Snowball, awarded if a Full House was called at the bingo before the 40th number, was last won by Felix Cassidy from Dirnagh, earning him £2000, which would be around half a million in today’s money.
It is said that when the Berlin Wall was knocked down, the first thing the East Germans wanted to know was if the Edendork Snowball had been won yet. Neil Armstrong was also alleged to have asked the same question when he got out of quarantine in 1969.
The man who found the Snowball, Edendork club man Malachy Nelis, maintains it’s only right he is paid for the find:
“By my reckoning, the Snowball would be worth around a million now. It’s only fair that I get the money as I found the thing. I’m also an Edendork man so that is in keeping with our policy that we win things in-house around these places. Pay up, St Malachy’s!”
The Edendork Snowball is to be placed in a museum in Geneva.
Posted on October 17, 2024, in Edendork and tagged edendork hall, snowball. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Tyrone Tribulations 
Many question still need answers. A Royal Commission of Investgation is warranted to ascertain why the Snowball was disappeared, who placed it in the box, why the box was hidden under the stairs, why no one remembered where it was (who paid them off? how much was paid?), was MI5 involved?Did the British State refuse to divulge information on the Snowball’s whereabouts on the grounds of “National Security”? . . . .
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