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...grey Atlantic swells off the rugged Donegal coast bobbed a strange, black, knobby object. The young fishermen of Ballymanus village strolled down to the sea, stared and wondered. At length came the official coast watcher. It was a mine, he warned: let no one touch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EIRE: Death in Donegal | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

...waist-deep, fixed a rope to the mine's horns. Up on the beach the crowd heaved-ho. Inshore wallowed the sinister machine until, suddenly, it bumped a rock. In the black roar of the explosion, Rogers and Roarty were blown to bits, 16 others were killed, 40 Ballymanus houses were damaged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EIRE: Death in Donegal | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

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