It was the year of The Somme and many of Kilkeel’s sons fought and died there. It also was the year of the Carlingford Lough Disaster when the
Most of the bodies were brought to Kilkeel and many are buried in the local
These are a few of the town’s residents of that time.
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Kilkeel 1916: |
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D Evans |
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Charles Newell |
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Mrs T McKee |
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Mrs W Hanna |
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James Doyle Jnr |
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Mrs J Doyle |
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Mrs White |
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Alex Gordon JP |
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William John Annett |
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John Russell |
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Rev A Eadie |
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Kilkeel 1916: |
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John O’Hare |
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William Teggarty |
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John Sloane |
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Robert McKee Jnr |
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John Annett |
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John Cousins |
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Robert Hickson |
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Joseph Campbell |
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Stephen McVeigh |
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Arthur Morgan |
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T Lowe |
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James Quinn Jnr |
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William Cousins |
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William Balance |
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Grace Magennis |
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Margaret Foluffis |
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John McBride |
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T Morrison |
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John Mackintosh |
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Patrick Curran |
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James Magennis |
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William Newell |
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John Magennis |
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Sarah Jane Greigh |
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William Campbell |
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Patyrick Morgan |
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Mrs J Cousins |
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Samuel Stoop |
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William Doran |
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Samuel McDowell |
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John Cunningham |
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Thomas Curran |
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John Ferguson |
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Joseph Ferguson |
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William McBride |
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Peter Kearney |