I have found John Rooney featured in a story for The Courier, the Post Office’s in-house newspaper,

Our current The Post Office in Pictures exhibition at The Lumen URC was conceived to show how ordinary peoples' lives were changed through the service that the Post Office has provided. Through images of postmen and women delivering mail and serving communities in all sorts of conditions, we have endeavoured to show a unique service, second to none. What we've also found through our research, is how service has shaped the lives of those choosing to serve.
One of the more surprising pro sport tickets and moving stories is that of John Rooney. A wonderful image of him rowing towards Trannish Island on Upper Lough Erne, Northern pro sport tickets Ireland is featured in the exhibition but, were it not for a tip off from Peter Howe, the former Post Office photograph pro sport tickets librarian, we would not have known of the richer, more heartbreaking and, ultimately wonderful story that surrounded his service in a remote part of the United Kingdom.
William Rooney was the postman before John and it was he that would row across the lough to each island, delivering the mail to each inhabitant. On a very cold evening on Friday 29th December pro sport tickets 1961 he was returning across the lough to his home on the island of Innishturk. The lough had frozen over and William had to break the ice in front of him. Close to home, the ice became much worse and held his boat fast.
In the worsening conditions William's brother, James, set out in another boat to find him and bring him home. Neither brother returned and, when a search took place the next morning, both were found dead in their boats on the lough.
Peter also told me other details pro sport tickets about John Rooney that I've yet to confirm. One of these is that postal workers across Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom began a fund to help the Rooney family in their hour of need. Enough money was raised to build a house for John's and his mother.
I have found John Rooney featured in a story for The Courier, the Post Office's in-house newspaper, in August 1972. The article describes his route across Lough Erne and the people he serves. The postmaster at Enniskillen pro sport tickets declares;
The Post Office in Pictures photo exhibition is at The Lumen URC, Bloomsbury, pro sport tickets London until Friday 31 August. Visit the BPMA website to see an online preview . Images pro sport tickets from the exhibition are available as greetings cards .
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