80 years ago: Nazi warplanes over Newbridge as bombs hit Ballymany
80 years ago: Nazi warplanes over Newbridge as bombs hit Ballymany Historian Liam Kenny recalls how a stray German aircraft triggered a diplomatic war when it unloaded bombs near the Curragh racecourse in January 1941 Reporter: '); '); It was a New Year’s gift as unwelcome as it was unexpected. In the early hours of January 2, 1941, as the people of Newbridge slept under the thin security blanket of Irish neutrality, a stray Nazi plane droned overhead and unleashed a torrent of bombs to the west of the town. High explosive projectiles plunged earthwards, scouring craters in the ground on...
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