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Whiddy Island Oil Terminal, taken in 2003: The view is from the north side of Bantry Bay. The three small objects in the water on the extreme right are the remnants of the concrete jetty. Military and civilian personnel were mobilised from all over Ireland to respond to the disaster. The incident was the subject of agonised debate in the Dáil ...
MV Alta is an abandoned merchant vessel currently located in Ireland. [1] Constructed in 1976 with the name Tananger , Alta was abandoned at sea in October 2018 and washed ashore in Ireland in February 2020, where her wreckage remains.
The Spanish Armada in Ireland refers to the landfall made upon the coast of Ireland in September 1588 of a large portion of the 130-strong fleet sent by Philip II to invade England. Following its defeat at the naval battle of Gravelines , the Armada had attempted to return home through the North Atlantic , when it was driven from its course by ...
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) [1] is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. [3] [4] It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
Islandmagee (from Irish Oileán Mhic Aodha, meaning 'Magee’s island/peninsula') [1] is a peninsula and civil parish on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located between the towns of Larne and Whitehead.
The Republic of Ireland Act abolishes the statutory functions of the British monarch in relation to Ireland and confers them on the President of Ireland. 1955: 14 December: Ireland joins the United Nations along with sixteen other sovereign states. 1969: August: Troops are deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the start of the ...
Northern Ireland's First Minister-designate and vice president of Sinn Féin, Michelle O'Neill said: "The whole country has the community of Cresslough and Co Donegal in our thoughts." [40] The then British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, said she was "shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of life in Donegal". [41] [42] [43]
15 May – Irish Oak (Irish Shipping) torpedoed and sunk by U-607, 700 miles west of Ireland: crew rescued by Irish Plane eight hours later. 2 June – S.S. City of Bremen (Saorstat & Continental Steam Ship Company) bombed by a Junkers Ju 88 and sunk in the Bay of Biscay: all eleven crew rescued by a Spanish fishing trawler.