‘Lives across from the Spar’: bizarrely labelled letter finds way to UK address

Antrim musician Feargal Lynn offers Royal Mail hearty applause' for successfully delivering letter to him

Sherlock Holmes might have balked, but the Royal Mail detectives came up trumps when they correctly delivered a letter with an address that was more like an episode of This Is Your Life than a conventional street name and postcode.

Writing on Twitter, the County Antrim musician Feargal Lynn said the postal system deserved hearty applause" for successfully delivering the letter addressed by following a brief history of his family in the area.