Couple find bottle on Irish beach and discover message inside from 13 years ago

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A couple who found a mysterious bottle on a beach in County Kerry, opened it up to find a 13-year-old note that would in time reveal to them a blossoming love story.
Kate and John Gay were on a beach clean-up on Scraggane Bay, a fishing port on the Maharees Peninsula, where they discovered the mysterious parcel.
When they opened up the bottle, they found a letter from the year 2012, and in it contained a letter from a mysterious couple.
The letter told the tale of a couple, Anita and Brad, who had enjoyed a lovely day out to Bell Island, Canada.
It said: 'Anita and Brad's day trip to Bell Island. Today, we enjoyed dinner, this bottle of wine and each other, at the edge of the island. If found, please call us on…'
This one simple message had travelled an incredible 300,000km (186,411m) over its 13-year journey from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's easternmost province, to Scraggane Bay.
Following the discovery of the letter, which went 4,680 days before it was read, Kate and John showed fellow members of the Creative Ireland Project Maharees Heritage and Conservation, before deciding to ring the number.
Several failed attempts later and they decided to try another tactic, Facebook, which brought better results. After several inquiries, Anita got in touch an informed the Irish crew of wonderful news.
It turned out that, four years after the letter was sent, she and Brad had gotten married and were still together after nine-years of marriage.
What's more, the couple are now settled in Newfoundland, the same area from which they sent their romantic and happy letter.
Following the discovery, Brad has gone public and spoken to RTE radio's Morning Ireland show to talk about how he feels being a famous figure, and how the story means he and Anita now have new friends.
He said: 'We were just young people in love. We're now older people in love. We're glad that the story got out. We're meeting new friends because of it and hopefully we'll get back to Ireland soon.'
Brad also told the Guardian about how quickly everything has erupted following the story.
He told the publication: 'It's been a pretty whirlwind 48 hours. It was Monday night and I was just putting our youngest son to bed and my phone was ding, ding, ding, ding, which was really unusual.
'Then I could hear Anita laughing in the other room. Her phone was doing the same thing. I came out and she was like: 'You cannot believe this.'