A very poignant mass will be held in West Donegal on Friday week to remember the tragic loss of four students in 1972.
The mass will be celebrated in St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church, Annagry on Friday, July 13th at 10am to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the drowning of the students who were attending Irish colleges in the Annagry Parish and who tragically lost their lives while swimming at Mullaghderg beach in July 1972.
The students, Catherine Carroll, Máire Grae, Susan O’Reilly and Bernadette Mc Cabe, from Loch an Iuir and Annagry Irish colleges were on a day out at Mullaghderg beach when the tragedy occurred on July 13th.
Michael and Eilis Grae, parents of Máire Grae (a granddaughter of Loughanure writer Niall Ó Donaill) have also arranged to have a plaque unveiled at Mullaghderg following the Mass.
Relatives of the other victims will also be in attendance and there is an open invitation for the community to attend the Mass and unveiling service.
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