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Old 18th Jan 2017, 14:32
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Lancman
 
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I had a rather odd experience recently when I was searching on the internet for details of a family grave in Athy, County Kildare. I came across the grave of Patrick Harrington “Died in an aircraft accident in 1952”. He was a National Service Flight Engineer and was killed in a Shackleton crash from Ballykelly. He was due to be de-mobbed the following week and only went on that flight to complete his 500 hours. I was in charge of the bearer party that carried his coffin to the Dublin train from Londonderry. It felt decidedly weird to see his name again after all these years.
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