Valentia Lifeboat Crew Member

7th February 1959; A member of the Valentia Lifeboat crew who helped to recover the bodies of nine fisherman. The men lost their lives after their trawler 'The Mary Brigitte' sank off the coast of Kerry near the Blasket Islands.

Valentia, Co. Kerry, Ireland

Photo ID: XHY022

Created: February 07, 1959

Author: © Padraig & Joan Kennelly/Kennelly Archive

Photo size: 22.2 Mpixels (63.7 MB uncompressed) - 3755x5925 pixels (12.5x19.8 in / 31.8x50.2 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: 1959, Accidents, Agricultural & Marine, Boats, Co. Kerry, Fifties, Ireland, Lifeboats, News, Related Images 590041, Valentia

Published in: Blasket, Agricultural & Marine, 1959, News, Valentia