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Man rushed to hospital after light aircraft crash in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

An investigation has been launched following a light aircraft accident in county Kilkenny. The aircraft came down near Woolengrange between Bennettsbridge and Thomastown at around 4.30pm yesterday. A man, the pilot, was the only person in the plane and received non-serious injures during the crash. He was taken to St Luke’s General Hospital to be […]

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Father-of-three who died in Kilkenny air crash tragedy is laid to rest this morning

By Kilkenny Now 4th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE KILKENNY man who died tragically in an air accident last Friday is to be laid to rest this morning. Father-of-three Richard ‘Dick’ O’Connell will be buried after 11 o’clock mass St. Colman’s Church, Clara. The popular stonemason was killed when his micro-light plane crashed into power lines near Gowran Cross, last […]

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Kilkenny builder killed in aircraft tragedy will be buried this week

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

THE well-known builder and businessman who died in the fatal light aircraft crash near his county Kilkenny home will be buried on Thursday. Richard ‘Dick’ O’Connell, who was in his 50s, died from his injuries after his aircraft crashed in a field close to his home at Rathcash, Clifden, at around 9pm last Friday night. […]

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‘A beloved husband and loving dad’ – heartbroken family pay tribute to builder who died in air crash tragedy

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

THE pilot of the light aircraft that was killed as he returned home to his county Kilkenny home for his daughter’s 18th birthday was an experienced flier who had flown over the area “hundreds of times”. Well-known and popular builder Richard Dick O’Connell died in the accident that occurred at around 9pm on Friday just […]

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UPDATE: Kilkenny aircraft crash victim was well-known builder and father-of-three

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN THE local man who was killed in an aircraft crash near his county Kilkenny home was a well-known and popular builder and father-of-three. The victim, who has been named locally as Richard ‘Dick’ O’Connell, was fatally injured in the incident which happened at around 9pm at Rathcash, near Gowran. It is understood […]

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Man killed in aircraft crash in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2019 0

SEPARATE investigations have been launched into the tragic death of a man who was killed when his light aircraft crashed in county Kilkenny last night. It is understand the man, who was in his 50s, was on his way to a family birthday party when the aircraft crashed near his home at Gowran Cross at […]