German sailors owed their lives to my grandfather and the heroic crew of the MV Kerlogue
After hearing that her grandfather, who she never knew, had taken part in the perilous rescue of 168 German sailors during World War II, Alison O'Reilly decided to research his life. Here she tells how she ended up meeting his family who hadn't known anything of his whereabouts for 60 years
Source: irishexaminer.com