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Air Strikes
The railway station here was bombed by the Luftwaffe on the 20th December, 1940 despite the fact that Ireland was a neutral country in World War II. There were three injuries but no fatalities.

There are several theories as to why German planes bombed Ireland but it may have simply been by mistake because of the close proximity to Northern Ireland and the UK.

Not just an Act
Up and coming actor Jason O’Mara hails from Sandycove. Born in 1972, Jason has starred in American television network dramas such as Life on Mars, Terra Nova and Vegas as well as Band of Brothers and Monarch of the Glen.

Lifeboats
The first lifeboat station in Ireland was established at Sandycove in 1803. On the 28th December, 1821 a lifeboat from this location rescued the crew of the brig Ellen of Liverpool; four volunteer lifeboatmen drowned.

The names of all crew members who lost their lives are inscribed on the RNLI memorial sculpture at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) headquarters in Poole, UK.

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