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Dr. Aidan McCarthy (The Square, Castletownbere)420 viewsDr. Aidan McCarthy, O.B.E., G.M., M.B., B.C.H., B.A.L., Knight of St. Sylvester, Air Commodore R.A.F. (retired).
Aidan had a Miraculous Escape in 1945 when as a prisoner of the Japanese in Nagasaki, he and other prisoner's were ordered to dig a mass grave - their own. They were literally saved by the dropping of the second Atom Bomb. He was an eyewitness to the horror of the devastation and chaos that the bomb caused. Afterwards he became Administrator of the Japanese surrender being the Senior Officer in charge.
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Barry & Paddy375 viewsBarry (The Bank) Harrington & Paddy (Papa) Lowney
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Twomey's Bar405 viewsBatt O'Sullivan, Redy Kelly & Pat O'Dwyer
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Bere Island. 1903258 views
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Bernie Cahill830 viewsAer Lingus chairman Bernie Cahill, Bere Island, who drowned tragically in a boating accident. August 15th 2001, aged 70
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Blacksmith545 viewsNoel Harrington shoeing wheels at Harrington's Forge, West End
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Daniel M. O’Brien 1911-1989413 viewsDan who for many years was Manager of the old Leinster & Munster Bank in Castletownbere is possibly best known for his pioneering work into the archaeological sites on Beara, culminating with the publishing of his definitive work on the peninsula: ‘Beara, A Journey Through History’
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Cait O'Sullivan566 viewsCait (Owen) Eugine O'Sullivan, Kilmichael, Dursey Island
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Catherine McFinian dhu509 views
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Cobbler504 viewsJim Blake. Adrigole. The last Shoemaker on Beara
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Kathleen Lynch with Conal (Batt) O'Sullivan506 views
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Connie (Batt) O'Sullivan493 views
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Connie and Gerdie531 viewsConnie Murphy (Chairman) and Gerdie Harrington (President) of the Beara Historical Society at the Butte-Silver Bow Archives, July 2001
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Danny (Mor) Moriarty491 viewsReady for the bog - Danny (Mor) Moriarty, Foildarrig,
one of the last of the Carters in the town.
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Dinnie and Ger510 viewsDinnie Phil O’Sullivan and Jeremiah O’Sullivan
Going for a load of hay on Roosk, Adrigole. 1990
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Gerard Harrington876 viewsGerdie is the President and past Chairman of the Beara Historical Society, founded in 1986.
In 1999 he was selected as Beara Person of the Year.
He is currently contributing the weekly section of Beara and District News to the Southern Star and occasional articles under the title ‘Down Memory Lane’, a series much loved not only by the people of Beara but also by many readers in Boston
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