Jimmy Sharkey and Kevin Ludlow stand beside Seamus Ludlow's last resting place, beside his father and mother at Ravensdale's Catholic Calvary Cemetery.

A new stone now marks the grave.

Right: Jimmy Sharkey stands at the memorial to his murdered uncle Seamus Ludlow in the lane off the Bog Road  where Seamus was done to death by UDR and Red Hand Commando killers in 1976.

Left: Kevin Ludlow and sisters Eileen Fox and Nan Sharkey lay flowers at their murdered brother's memorial in the lane off the Bog Road on the 25th anniversary of the crime that was commited here. (29 April 2001)

Right: Here is a close-up of the new memorial stone marking the place where Seamus Ludlow's lifeless body was found on 2 May 1976. 

The inscription says all that needs to be said.

Left: Members of the Ludlow family circle hosted a large gathering at the memorial in the lane off the Bog Road for a 25th anniversary commemoration on 29 April 2001. Also present were Margaret English and Maura McKeever, daughters of the victims of the Dundalk bombing of 19 December 1975. An oration was delivered by journalist Ed Moloney, who helped expose the garda cover-up with his reports in The Sunday Tribune. An address was delivered by Mons. Raymond Murray and prayers were led by Rev. Father Brian McCreesh, who was a curate in the parish in 1976.

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