USS THE SULLIVANS AT ADRIGOLE

Saturday, 30th August saw a huge crowd gather in Trafrask, Adrigole to commerate the memory of the 5 heroic Sullivan Brothers who descendants came from Adrigole and who perished on the USS Juneau in 1941 defending the liberty and freedom of their country. Numerous ships and boats lay just off the shore during the ceremony. Officers and crew from the USS THE SULLIVANS were present, grandaughter and grandson of one of the1 brothers - Albert, politicians, clergy and people from Beara and further afield. Many many tributes were made to the honour of the 5 Sullivan brothers and the history of how the ship that lay in anchor further up the bay at Lonehart, just off Bere Island came to be in Ireland. There were presentations made to Kelly-Ann Sullivan Loughren and John Sullivan, grandchildren of Albert and they were officially welcomed home. Following the presentations and speeches, Kelly-Ann and John then unveiled the plaque. This was blessed and a wreath was then brought by John to the shoreline to the Coast-Guard boat, who then brought it to the Castletownbere Lifeboat, who in turn transferred to the L.E. Orla who went to sea with John to lay it there. Sean Nicholson gave a brief history of the Sullivans who left the shore of Adrigole back in the 1850's - Click Here`