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And when we watched this perfectly-formed three-minute film, we were more than a little delighted to discover that a real-life mermaid lives only a hop, skip
Within four months of leaving hospital in a wheelchair, Beth was swimming with other

The beautiful Beth
t was purely by chance that we came across Gerard Walsh’s beautiful short The Littlest Mermaid…

and a speedboat away from Greystones.
Awkward on land but graceful in the water. Trying to find herself. Feeling part sea, and part land.
Which makes Beth not only the only certified mermaid in Ireland but also, we reckon, the youngest mermaid in all of Europe.
mermaids in Tampa. That’s the kind of kid we’re dealing with here.