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Michelle McCartney

Michelle McCartney


August 1969


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Michelle McCartney

"We seemed to be getting very far away from Fiona. She was standing on the edge crying, and we knew we were in danger…"

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Late in the summer of 1969 Michelle and her family went for an outing. However their fun and laughter quickly turned to fear and panic. Would they all return home alive?

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Michelle writes...

Preparing my thoughts for Days Like This has been a lovely experience and has given me an insight into these people who through their selfless actions have had a unique influence on my life and that of my sister, Siobhan. For that we are extremely grateful. It has also helped me feel closer to Rose, the Aunt I never met but whose warm personality lives on still. Find out more

Kathleen Rose

This story is inspired by a need to link the courage of a young 12 year old girl who made a big impact on my life with the 'spirit' of my aunt who died 26 years before I was born. Perhaps she left her benign impression on a day in the life of my sister and I - a day that could have turned out so differently. Read the story

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Michelle, around the time of the accident
(Right to left) Michelle and her sisters Siobhan and Fiona. Siobhan was hanging onto the swimming ring that day, while Fiona was crying from the shore
Kathleen - the 12 year old girl who swam out to save the two sisters
Rose Doherty - Michelle's aunt. Rose died on the same beach when she was 18 years old, July 17th 1933
Mickey Cassidy - he swam out to the girls with Kathleen. Mickey brought Siobhan back to the shore
Mickey Cassidy
Sean McGonagle - Sean swam out and broight Michelle back to the shore
Rose (Michelle's aunt) with parents Rose and Joseph. Also in the picture are Rose's brothers Packie (tall with glasses) and Anthony
Group photo - the family all together. Rose is second on the right
Michelle and her children at Ballyliffen beach. Susie, Jim and Joe the youngest
Michelle on Ballyliffen beach. It was into one of the houses in the background that she and her sister were taken after the accident

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