Young parents perish in Irish Army base fire

TRAGEDY struck in the early hours of the New Year when the parents of two young boys died in a house fire at the Curragh Army Camp in Co Kildare.

Young parents perish in Irish Army base fire
Tue, 02 Jan, 2007 - 00:00
Noel Baker

The couple, 25-year-old Darren Hanley and his partner Amanda Murphy, 23, were parents of two young boys, three-year-old Tiernan and baby Ceadan, who is just seven weeks old.

The fire broke out at the semi-detached house at McMurrough Hill in the Curragh Army Camp in the early hours of yesterday morning.

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CourtsPlace: Curragh Army CampPlace: Co KildarePlace: McMurrough HillPlace: CurraghPlace: NewbridgePlace: MonasterevinPlace: NaasPlace: The CurraghPerson: Darren HanleyPerson: Amanda MurphyPerson: TiernanPerson: CéadanPerson: HanleyPerson: MurphyPerson: DarrenPerson: AmandaPerson: MaryPerson: Mary MurphyPerson: DixiePerson: Chief of Staff Lieutenant GeneralPerson: Jim SreenanPerson: Brigadier GeneralPerson: Pat O’SullivanPerson: HarryPerson: Army Chaplain Fr Pat McEvoyPerson: Gavin YoungEvent: New YearEvent: New Year’s EveEvent: New Year’s DayOrganisation: Newbridge Fire StationOrganisation: Curragh Fire ServiceOrganisation: Naas General HospitalOrganisation: Defence ForceOrganisation: Defence Forces
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