Killarney

<h3>The 125th anniversary of the Moving Bog Disaster in east Kerry will be marked with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in the Old Chapel Cemetery, Rathmore, during Christmas.</h3>
<p>Five of the victims, Con (44) and Johanna Donnelly (38) and three of their children are buried in the cemetery.</p>
<p> The bodies of three other Donnelly children were never found.</p>
<p> The Donnelly home, near Gneeveguilla, was engulfed in a landslide after a huge section of bog moved down a slope on December 28, 1896.</p>
<p> The plaque, erected by the local history society Cumann Luachra, will be unveiled at the cemetery on Tuesday December 28. A talk on the tragedy will also be given.</p>


Plaque unveiling for Moving Bog remembrance

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