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An estimated 200,000 people died in England and Wales. [5] Although the official number of deaths in Scotland due to the pandemic is 17,575, a modern estimate of total pandemic mortality in Scotland is between 27,641 and 33,771. [6] About 20,000 died in Ireland. [7] 232,112 [8] (estimate for UK only)
RIP.ie is a death notices website in Ireland, launched in 2005. [1] As of 2021, the website received approximately 250,000 visits per day and more than 50 million pages were viewed each month. Accounts for 2019 showed net assets of over €1 million. [ 2 ]
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Porth yr Ogof – the scene of 11 fatalities. The following is a list of the 138 identified recorded fatalities associated with recreational caving in the UK. The main causes of death have been drowning when cave diving, drowning as the result of flooding or negotiating deep water, injuries incurred from falling from a height, and injuries incurred as the result of rock falls.
Deaths in England (15 C, 1 P) Deaths in Northern Ireland (12 C) Deaths in Scotland (12 C) Deaths in Wales (10 C) * Deaths in Bermuda (3 C)
‘Spout’ is another common word found throughout England and Scotland for particular types of fall though it is usually replaced by ‘sput’ in the formerly Gaelic-speaking parts of the latter. The Gaelic word ‘eas’ is by far the most common term for a waterfall in the Scottish Highlands where the majority of place names are of Gaelic ...
The story continues that Lady Finella fled towards the coast where she was pursued and cornered by the king's soldiers at the top of a waterfall near St Cyrus. To avoid capture, Lady Finella threw herself over the waterfall from a height of 150 feet [2] to her death. The valley where this supposedly took place is called Den Finella. [4]
[287] (death announced on this date) 3 November Patrick Brownsey, 75, British-born New Zealand botanist and philatelist. [288] Pete Garner, 61, British bassist (The Stone Roses), cancer. [289] (death announced on this date) 4 November Robert Knecht, 97, British historian. [290] John Whitney, 92, British writer and producer. [291] 5 November