Ceremony honours local soldier on 40th anniversary of his killing

By David Flynn / Westmeath Independent Colleagues of the late Athlone soldier Private Paddy Kelly gathered together last Friday in Custume Barracks, on the 40th anniversary of his killing, which occurred in Derrada Woods, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, during the rescue of kidnapped supermarket boss, Don Tidey. The two groups, Athlone Organisation of Ex-Service Personnel (ONE) […]