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Poignant memorial Mass honours lives lost to Covid-19 pandemic among the Irish community

Poignant memorial Mass honours lives lost to Covid-19 pandemic among the Irish community
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Six Dun Laoghaire Men Lost in German Bombing of Lightship Remembered (Podcast)

The crew died after a German aircraft released its bombs on the ship, having circled the Isolda three times

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Loss of Six Dun Laoghaire Men in German Bombing of Lightship Remembered

Loss of Six Dun Laoghaire Men in German Bombing of Lightship Remembered 21st December 2020 Artist Kenneth King s depiction of a German bomber over the lightship Isolda off the Wexford coast on December 19th, 1940. Six Dun Laoghaire men died and 22 survived Six Dun Laoghaire mariners never came home for Christmas 80 years ago, when their lightship was attacked and sunk by a German bomber aircraft off the Wexford coast. Now, the grand-daughter of one of those lost has appealed to other relatives of the Isolda fatalities to make contact for research she is undertaking into their lives. “They may not have been famous, but I’m sure that each of them was remarkable and their loss left a deep grief in their families,” says Elleesa Rushby, whose grandfather William Rushby died in the bombing at the age of 43.

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