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‘All Measures Necessary’ – The 1918 Flu and Biological Warfare

Author’s Note – The greater part of the following story was included in an earlier work, primarily concerned with the operations of German submarines in Irish waters during WWI. The subject matter herein was not considered ‘relevant’ to the main body of work and was deleted from the remainder of my book, U-boat Alley, published […]
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THE POOKA of MONAMUC

( This picture of the remains of a large pike was taken by author during very low levels on Blessington reservoir.) They built a huge wall and dammed the waters of two rivers; the Liffey and the Kings River. Both had joined at Baltyboys and cascaded into the dark pool near Ballymore Eustace, known as […]