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explosion

Maudi · 2015-02-26 23:50:19

I know this is vague..but I'm looking for a link to an explosion that killed 16? Soldiers in either Glen of immal or glenmalure in the 30s? I know there's a memorial to the soldiers in West wicklow I've been to it.but can't seem to find owt online.any help appreciated

26-02-2015 11:50pm

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I know this is vague..but I'm looking for a link to an explosion that killed 16? Soldiers in either Glen of immal or glenmalure in the 30s? I know there's a memorial to the soldiers in West wicklow I've been to it.but can't seem to find owt online.any help appreciated

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#2 27-02-2015 1:46am

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Here's a link for it...

http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/Memorials-Detail?memoId=348

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#3 27-02-2015 10:25am

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Arsemageddon wrote: »

Here's a link for it...

http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/Memorials-Detail?memoId=348

That's it..thanks

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#4 27-02-2015 1:28pm

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Maudi wrote: »

I know this is vague..but I'm looking for a link to an explosion that killed 16? Soldiers in either Glen of immal or glenmalure in the 30s? I know there's a memorial to the soldiers in West wicklow I've been to it.but can't seem to find owt online.any help appreciated

Bit of an account here

http://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/john-was-the-last-survivor-of-glenofimaal-tragedy-27162199.html

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#5 27-02-2015 7:29pm

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galwaycyclist wrote: »

Bit of an account here

http://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/john-was-the-last-survivor-of-glenofimaal-tragedy-27162199.html

Cheers...

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#6 28-02-2015 6:46pm

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Maudi wrote: »

Cheers...

Thanks to all. Another little bit of history courtesy of the contributors which a lot of us didnt know.

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#7 28-02-2015 7:56pm

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Santa Cruz wrote: »

Thanks to all. Another little bit of history courtesy of the contributors which a lot of us didnt know.

Yea..its pretty much on my doorstep but I had never heard about the explosion in glenmalure until recently. .OR that another explosion in a munitions factory in arklow that claimed 27 souls in 1917.

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#8 03-03-2015 9:59pm

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a survivor of the explosion

http://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/john-was-the-last-survivor-of-glenofimaal-tragedy-27162199.html

Maudi wrote: »

OR that another explosion in a munitions factory in arklow that claimed 27 souls in 1917.

A short podcast re the Kynoch factoryfrom BBC NI

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/northernireland/worldwar/worldwar_20140612-1200a.mp3

An old thread re munitions factories in Ireland during WW1

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76799424

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