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Maritime journalist Tom MacSweeney on the 200 Voices podcast
200 Voices an RNLI podcast

'Drown you may, go you must'

Episode 127 – Voice of the Sea: Tom MacSweeney

Ireland’s voice of the sea – Tom MacSweeney – on the crew member who made the ultimate sacrifice on Christmas Eve

It was a false alarm with tragic consequences. Tom MacSweeney – maritime journalist and former presenter of RTE’s radio show, Seascapes – tells the story of what happened when RNLI Kilmore Quay volunteers left their loved ones on Christmas Eve 1977 to respond to a call out in their lifeboat, Lady Murphy.

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