Tubáiste Bhaile Mhánais

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Location

Donegal

Year

2011

Date

Transmission 01/05/2011

Length

58min 10sec

Audio

sound

Format

colour

Source

ILBF

Courtesy

Westway Films

Rights Holder

Northern Ireland Screen

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

On 10th May 1943 19 young men from the Donegal Gaeltacht were killed when a sea-mine exploded on Ballymanus strand, a few miles from the village of Mullaghduff. It was always thought locally that the tragedy could have been averted had the local authorities followed procedures relating to the clearance of mines. While a number of surviving relatives persist in seeking an apology from the state, shocking material has emerged that demonstrates that a number of prominent locals and senior government figures combined to ensure that the full facts of the incident would never emerge. This is the full story of the Ballymanus mine disaster. 

Credits

 
Dónall Mac Ruairí 
Pat Gallagher
Paddy Sweeney
Patrick Sharkey
Peggy Boyle
James Harley
Pádraig Ó Baoill
John Gráinne Devenney
Mary Rosie Boyle
Micheal Harley





 

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