Victims of crash of Star of Cairo, Dec. 1946

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Victims of crash of Star of Cairo, Dec. 1946

Post by Sduddy » Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:14 am

The Star of Cairo crashed on the island of Inismacnaughten in the Fergus Estuary on 28th Dec 1946 - see page 39 of “Shannon; Between Old World and New World”; A Social History Project, Analysis and Development, by Olive Carey, on behalf of Dúchas na Sionna: https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/cocla ... roject.pdf

Twelve people died. Here are the civil records of the deaths:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 213810.pdf

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ ... 213811.pdf

Sheila

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