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Posted on May 10, 2018May 7, 2018

May 10th 1943 – the Ballymanus Mining Disaster

I previously posted this poem on the Ballymanus Mine Disaster, which happened on this date in 1943. My great-uncle died in this disaster, one of the neglected tragedies of World…

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Posted on July 31, 2017September 12, 2017

Poem on Ballymanus Mine Disaster, 1943

On May 10th, 1943, a stray mine washed ashore in the Rosses of Donegal. What happened next is recounted in this Irish Times piece on a memorial unveiled in 1999:…

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