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Tim Harrington M.P.388 viewsMay 27, 2008
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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.May 27, 2008
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All for Ireland League Band 1910231 viewsAll for Ireland League Band Castletown Berehaven 1910May 27, 2008
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All for Ireland League 1910344 viewsAll-for-Ireland League group portrait of five of its Independent Members of Parliament, 1910. These are: -
Patrick Guiney (North Cork), James Gilhooly (West Cork), Maurice Healy (North-east Cork), D. D. Sheehan (Mid Cork), and Eugene Crean (South-east Cork).
The other MPs elected in January 1910 were: - William O'Brien (Cork city), John O'Donnell (South Mayo) and Timothy Michael Healy (North Louth). Elected in December 1910 was John P. Walsh (South Cork). Maurice and Timothy Healy were brothers
May 27, 2008
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Sean T. O'Sullivan424 viewsCroombere, EyeriesMay 27, 2008
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William Martin Murphy499 viewsMay 27, 2008
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Cris O'Connell205 viewsMay 27, 2008
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Dean Halahan205 viewsMay 27, 2008
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Fr. Christie John Dee180 viewsMay 27, 2008
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Fr. Dan Dwyer179 viewsMay 27, 2008
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Kilmichael Dursey Island238 viewsThe Last photo of the 7th century Church on Dursey Island. Several months later the gable end collapsed in a galeMay 27, 2008
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Monastic Ruin Dursey Island221 viewsMay 27, 2008
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The Old Church Castletownbere 1909221 viewsMay 27, 2008
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Church of the Sacred Heart 1911204 viewsMay 27, 2008
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Castletown Berehaven 1905329 viewsCastletown Berehaven in 1905 viewed from the BayMay 27, 2008
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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 BostonMay 27, 2008
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