LÉ Muirchú
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 Muirchú at dock |
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| Name: | LÉ Muirchú |
| Namesake: | Irish: Hound of the Sea |
| Commissioned: | August 1923 |
| Decommissioned: | 1947 |
| Fate: | sank after decommissioning |
LÉ Muirchú was a ship in the Irish Naval Service. She was the former Royal Navy ship HMS Helga and was famously involved in shelling Liberty Hall in Dublin from the River Liffey during the Easter Rising of 1916.
Helga was purchased by the Irish Free State and renamed Muirchú (Irish: Hound of the Sea).
She sank off the Wexford coast after disposal in 1947. The wheel was recovered from the wreck by local divers and can now be seen in Kehoes Pub in Kilmore Quay
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