by andrew | Aug 5, 2016 | Dunmore East, Irelands Maritime Heritage, Royal Navy, Shipwrecks, World War I
Standing on the breakwater at Dunmore East last night, I found it hard to try to cast my mind back to the scene 99 years ago to the day. For on August 4th 1917 just after midnight, an explosion ripped through the hull of a U Boat laying mines between Dunmore and the...
by andrew | Apr 8, 2016 | Irish Lighthouses, River Lore, Shipwrecks
One of my earliest childhood memories was playing with my siblings in the old house on the hill in Coolbunnia one chilly summer morning. The scene was unsettling to us I remember, because our usual/familiar view of the harbour, the three rivers flowing our towards...
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