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Aug 9, 2010 · On August 26 1940 the tiny village of Campile in Co Wexford was bombed by the German Luftwaffe, killing three local women and giving Ireland -- until then largely insulated from the terror of...
Nov 30, 2022 · On August 26, 1940, the little village of Campile, in south County Wexford, paid the price with their young lives when the Germans attacked during World War II. Three girls died under the...
- Paddy Cummins
Oct 19, 2021 · It was there that, between 1:50pm and 2:10pm on the 26 th of August 1940, these three women lost their lives to a member of the Luftwaffe when a German bomb devastated the Co-Op building. It was the first bombing of neutral Irish soil in the Second World War.
Aug 24, 1990 · The peace of the small County Wexford village of Campile was shattered on 26 August 1940, when a lone German bomber appeared without warning and dropped four bombs on the Shelburne Co-op...
Aug 18, 2010 · August 26, 1940 remains an extremely significant date not alone for the few eye witnesses to the horrific bombings but also for locals in Campile and surrounding areas.
- Irish Independent
Aug 25, 2017 · A direct hit on the farming co-operative Three young women were dead and parts of the village on fire and in rubble. The death toll was considered miraculously low, a fair had been on earlier and most of the staff of the co-operative had gone home for lunch.
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Oct 14, 2022 · The Luftwaffe aircraft heeled towards the Irish coast, and with smoke pouring from its port engine, and losing height, it limped toward the coast of Co. Wexford. It eventually crashed approximately 100 yards inland about half a mile north of Carnsore.
