‘We stand here to mourn, but the love is not washed away’

Three coffins; three hearses outside the church in the village of Crooke; three men who loved boats and fishing from the time they could walk.

‘We stand here to mourn, but the love is not washed away’
Mon, 17 Jun, 2013 - 01:00
Conor Kane, Crooke

Three men who didn’t return from setting their lobster pots last Wednesday; three children left fatherless; three more names to be added to the memorial wall in Dunmore East.

Three brothers.

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