Eithne Naval Ship where family of those lost on the Plane tragedy 50 years ago wisited the crash site near Tuskar Rock off the coast of Wexford. Picture: Patrick Browne50 years on, relatives gather to remember Tuskar Rock tragedyA WOMAN who was just nine years old when her father died in the Tuskar Rock air tragedy has recalled going to Cork Airport with her siblings to wave him off, only to hear the news of the crash from a neighbour soon afterwards. Hilary Nunan went to Cork Airport on March 24, 1968, with her three sisters to wish her father Noel bon voyage as he travelled to London as part of his work with Shell. Speaking outside a 50th-anniversary Mass at the Church of the Assumption in Ballyphehane in Cork yesterday to commemorate the Tuskar Rock crash in which 61 people died, Ms Nunan said the day started with joy and ended with tragedy. Hilary Nunan holding a portrait of her father Noel Nunan who died in the Tuskar Rock Tragedy.

Source: Evening echo March 26, 2018 09:33 UTC