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Fundraising campaign to help family of fisherman who died off Donegal coast

A fundraising page has been set up to support the family of the fisherman who drowned while fishing off the Donegal coast. He leaves behind a wife and two children, and his cousin has set up the fundraiser to help provide for them in the wake of the ...

08 Feb 2023 at 16:05

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BBC journalist Enda McClafferty to tell the story of a sea tragedy in which a relative of his died

In February 1958, the ‘Jack Buchan’ was only a few hundred yards from Dunmore East harbour in Waterford when a huge wave hit, capsizing the trawler. Five of the crew were lost, including BBC NI journalist Enda McClafferty’s great uncle Donnchadh ...

16 Sept 2020 at 22:11

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Radio documentary traces Donegal connections to terrible trawler tragedy at Dunmore East in 1958

16 Sept 2020 at 13:49

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75th anniversary of Donegal fishing tragedy marked behind closed doors

On April 19, 1945 four fishermen tragically drowned off St John’s Point, near Dunkineely in south Donegal. The four men who were all from the local area were Jim Byrne, John Brennan, Dannie McCallig and Dan McBrearty. A Mass to mark ...

19 Apr 2020 at 14:58

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"Lest we forget" - Donegal families recall their loved ones lost in the Carraig Úna fishing tragedy

The families of the five Donegal fishermen who perished when the Carraig Úna struck a reef of Rathlin O'Beirne Island on November 23rd, 1976 spoke to the Democrat this week ahead of the 40th anniversary of the disaster. They ...

17 Nov 2016 at 13:25

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Inquest hears that Donegal fisherman died by drowning as result of accident

An inquest into the death of Kilcar fisherman James Byrne, 75, found that his death was caused by drowning as a result of a tragic accident. Sitting at Donegal Town Courthouse on Wednesday, Coroner Dr Denis McCauley said ...

22 Apr 2022 at 12:00

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Carraig Úna disaster was the second tragedy for Donegal fishing village

The loss of the Carraig Úna, which claimed the lives of Ted Carbery, John Boyle, Doalty O'Donnell, Micheál Coyle and Anthony McLaughlin on November 23rd, 1976, was the second such tragedy to strike the Burtonport ...

17 Nov 2016 at 12:51

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Five who perished when Donegal trawler struck a treacherous reef will always be remembered

A Donegal woman whose husband and brother were among the five men who died in the Carraig Úna fishing tragedy says the support the families received from fishing communities all over the county has made all the ...

14 Nov 2016 at 10:03

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Still no redress 35 years after Skifjord tragedy

While most people made the most of the Bank Holiday and the Halloween celebrations on Monday, others would have been in quiet mourning, recalling a tragedy that claimed five lives 35 years ago on that date. ...

06 Nov 2016 at 13:00

Inishowen MD

GALLERY: Donegal fishing tragedy has affected families to ‘present day’

Last week’s Donegal Live ‘lockdown’ reminiscence piece on the Inch Island fishing tragedy prompted a member of one of the families concerned to get in touch. John Niven, who lost two uncles in the ...

09 Jul 2020 at 15:31

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Donegal inquest hears how fisherman lost his life trying to help fellow crewman

A fisherman who risked, and lost, his own life trying to save a fellow crew member in Killybegs was "a true hero", an inquest has heard. James Joyce (27) of Inis Mór, Galway, and Joel Alama (46), ...

19 Jan 2017 at 11:13

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How the Carraig Úna fishing tragedy unfolded off Donegal coast

Forty years ago, on November 23rd, 1976, five fishermen perished when the Carraig Úna struck a reef off Raithin O'Beirne island. The Donegal Democrat has been looking back at our reports on the ...

17 Nov 2016 at 12:09

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