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Offline ChrisAllonby

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Newspaper report look-up
« on: Sunday 28 January 07 22:46 GMT (UK) »
In researching the Whitehead branch of my family I've discovered that an ancestor of mine was lost at sea, together with three of his sons, probably in 1915 (though possibly in 1912). Stories passed down the generations state that Thomas Whitehead was lost, with his sons, in the Irish Sea while travelling from Liverpool to Dublin, possibly in some sort of fishing vessel. At the time this must have been a widely-reported tragedy.

Are there any indexes of reports in the Irish press archive, or could anyone help in any way with progressing my research?

The family came from Cord Road in Drogheda.

Thanks,
Chris.
Allonby, Burns, Ibison, Park

Offline Marie M

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Re: Newspaper report look-up
« Reply #1 on: Monday 29 January 07 10:46 GMT (UK) »
http://www.transport.gov.ie/Irish+Coast+Guard+IRCG/

May be of some help, I know that annual masses are held at Howth, Dublin every year for lives lost at sea.
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