Creeslough explosion

An explosion at the local Applegreen Service Station which claimed the lives of ten of its villagers is still enshrined in the memory of the local community ...

Among those who gathered for the switching on of the village's festive lights were some of the families of those who perished in the tragedy. As well as the village being illuminated, Santa also brought a smile to the faces of the many children who turned out in the freezing December cold. Ten of the candles were in memory of the ten people who lost their lives in the tragedy, another was for all the sick of the parish and the last for all those who died in the parish during the year. This is for Creeslough." He also led those who gathered in a minute's silence for all those who lost their lives in the tragedy. He referred to the twelve candles which were contained in a special glass case at the scene of the switching on of the lights.