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August 25, 1942

Prince George, killed when his flying boat crashed into Eagles Rock in Caithness

July 30, 1942

Charles Harper, born

July 15, 1942

Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, killed

June 9, 1942

First US troops (over, 10,000 men) disembark from Queen Mary on the River Clyde.

March 8, 1942

Mary MacSwiney, Irish patriot, dies

June 17, 1943

Annie S Swan, novelist, died.

May 9, 1943

Viscount Cunningham, British admiral issued his command Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass

March 27, 1943

Aircraft carrier HMS Dasher blew up and sank off the island of Arran, loss of 350 crew

November 30, 1944

HMS Vanguard, Britains biggest and last battleship, was launched at Clydebank

September 18, 1944

Birth of Lord Roger of Earlsferry, Lord Justice General.

June 10, 1944

Death of Limerick man, Frank Ryan

May 30, 1944

Eamon de Valera is returned as Taoiseach

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