On 12th October 1917, the steam ship WM Barkley having set out from Dublin Port just hours earlier was torpedoed just off the Kish lighthouse. Five of the 13 crew members on board were killed, and the others were lucky to survive. Among those to lose their lives was Thomas Murphy of Sheriff Street, who …
Daily Archive: October 8, 2017
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Top Posts & Pages
- The story of Clontarf Island
- BLOODY SUNDAY 1920, THE G.A.A. AND ‘STONEWALL’ JACK O REILLY
- The floods of February 2002
- Ben Hannigan R.I.P.
- The Lost Life of Paddy Lynch; GPO Garrison 1916
- 1917 - James O’Neill, The Irish Citizen Army, and reorganization in the Docklands.
- Historical Trees , Fairview Park & the Irish Forestry Society
- "A RADICAL GHOST" – REMEMBERING JIM LARKIN (150th BIRTHDAY)
- "North Wall eye-opener" - a Dockland Pub to remember
- Up in Smoke – the tragic saga of Virginia House, East Wall Road.