Cork
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This blog will contain images from that awful day. Never Forget. On September 11,1941 the construction of the Pentagon had started. Sixty year later, terrorists tried to destroy it. An image etched forever in my mind. After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, killing more than 800 people
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In February 1995, Nick Cave released the album “Murder Ballads”. On the album is one of my all time favourite songs “Where the wild roses grow” Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue first performed the song publicly on 4 August 1995 in Cork, Republic of Ireland. I have often wondered why they
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On May 5,2019 on the 74th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands. One of the heroes who contributed to this liberation passed away aged 103. Like me he was Dutch and like me he had a love for Ireland and we both ended up making this emerald isle our home. But where I am
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Marie Elisabeth Jean Elmes (5 May 1908 – 9 March 2002)was an Irish businesswoman and aid worker who is credited with saving the lives of at least 200 Jewish children during the Holocaust by hiding them in the boot of her car.In 2015, she became the first and so far the only Irish citizen honoured as
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Sometimes it is difficult enough to find a compelling story relating to WWII. But then there are times when you are having your lunch and are listening to a radio show. On the Irish radio talk show, Liveline, a lady called in to talk about the ordeal her 98 year old mother had to go
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