Mick Meaney monument to go up in North Cork for world record 61 days buried alive

A monument is to be constructed in a north Cork town to honour a Tipperary man who set a world record after being buried alive for 61 days.

Many celebrities of the time jostled to have their picture taken with Mick Meaney when he emerged from the coffin which was buried in a yard in London.

They included the legendary actress Diana Dors, considered in the 1960s as the British Marilyn Munroe.