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James Thomas Miley

Key Facts

Occupation/Rank: Labourer and ARP Warden

Date of Death: 16 April 1941

Place of Death: 59 Vere Street

Age: 43

James lost his life at 59 Vere Street during the Easter Tuesday Raid when a wall of York Street Spinning Mill collapsed.

In total, 14 people where killed here.

He is buried in Milltown Cemetery.

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