I’m just coming up to this in the Jonathan Wilson book. It’s very good btw.
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Nobody Ever Says Thank You is supposedly the definitive biographical book on Clough, haven’t gotten around to reading it yet.
Was he a woman beater at this stage or did managing Nottingham drive him to it?
Get the fuck out of this thread
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Whats this now? Can you elaborate?
This week marked the 75th anniversary of one of the other two German bombings during WW2 which resulted in fatalities. Three members of the Shannon family who lived at the bottom of Mount Leinster between Borris and Kiltealy were killed when a German bomb landed on their house.
Informative rating.
The townsland of Knockroe on the slopes of Mount Leinster in Co Carlow, Ireland was bombed by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The Carlow bombing resulted in the deaths of three people. It was one of many bombing incidents carried out by the Germans in several parts of Ireland during the war. In all thirty four people were killed and many more were injured in Ireland by German bombs.
On the night of the bombing in Carlow, the Shannon family were sleeping in their house when the disaster occurred at about 6.45am. Eight bombs were dropped near the village of Knockroe a short distance from the town of Borris in south Co Carlow. The bombs appear to have been dropped in a straight line along the slopes of Mount Leinster. The third bomb directly hit the residence of the Shannon family. It completely destroyed their home.
James Shannon, his son Raymond together with his brother Patrick and Patrick’s sons James and Michael were asleep in the East end of the house. Mary Ellen, James’s wife, their daughter Kathleen and Bridget Shannon were sleeping in the West end of the house. Mary Ellen, Kathleen and Bridget were killed in the bombing. James and Michael were seriously injured.
The excuse given by Hitler’s government for the bombing, as for other bombings in Ireland, was that the pilot mistook the area for the west coast of Britain. However is it generally accepted that the pilot simply wished to offload the bombs in order to make a safe return to base.
The deceased members of the Shannon family were buried two days later in the churchyard of the nearby St Fortchern’s Church, Rathanna. Collections were held in local churches of all denominations, to help provide accommodation for the surviving members of the family. Hitler’s government later provided some compensation to help rebuild the house.
Three members of the Shannon family lost their lives when a German bomb made a direct hit on their home in Knockroe, South Carlow in the year 1941 On This Day.
http://www.otd.ie/index.php/2016/01/02/02-january-carlow-bombing-1941-2/
17th January 1920 - Prohibition came into effect.
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Informative rating. Never knew that Geoffrey, not far from where I grew up. The family of a friend of mine (farmers out near Kiltealy) have a shell they claim was dropped on the farm in WW2 by a German plane. It didn’t have any markings on it and I have always been dubious about the story, but maybe there is something to it.
Jan 20, 1902. Kevin Gerard Barry is born. 18 years and some 10 months later he would be the first Irishman executed since the leaders of the 1916 Rising. Executed by crown forces for trying to free Ireland. RIP.
On this day 10 years ago. ( Christ i feel old )
On this day in 1914 Dan Breen shoot the RIC boys no ?
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No
Jan 21, 1919
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Stan Collymore born on 22 Jan 1971. Perhaps the greatest striker to ever don the famous Garibaldi red
Knockroe is less than three miles from Kiltealy. Its very possible.
Knockroe is a few hundred yards from Kilteely mate.
We’re talking Blackstairs here not Limerick.
You are on the ball for this time of night
Yea but what a cunt.