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The Man in the Tank (Fear an Tanc)

Posted on July 31, 2014 by

A mystery, a rail tank wagon was washed ashore during the war. The tank contained a corpse

Posted in Stories Tagged with: Aran, Battle of the Atlantic, Fear an Tanc, Inis Oir, monastic ruin, Mystery, railway tank wagon, TG4, unsolved mystery

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