#Kinsale History Society to unveil memorial stone to #Lusitania victim

Thanks to Mike Poirier for finding this video. For those of you on your way to Kinsale, Ireland for this year’s anniversary 101 (and I wish I were!): On Saturday, 7 May 2016 (today!) at 2pm, the Kinsale History Society is hosting its annual commemoration of the sinking of the Lusitania at the St. Multose …

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#LusitaniaRemembered continues in #Kinsale #Liverpool #Lusitania100 #Lusitania @MerseyMaritime

The sinking of the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 was not the end of the story. The survivors, after disembarking from their rescue vessels, were taken in by an unprepared but unreservedly generous people of Queenstown (now Cobh) Many of the survivors were taken to the Rob Roy Hotel or Queen’s Hotel (the latter …

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#Lusitania Centennial #OnThisday: #Lusitania100 years #LusitaniaRemembered #Cobh #Kinsale #Lusitania100Cork #Cork

Laying an ice wreath

Lusitania flowers at the wreck site, presented by Richard Woods (son of Nancy Wickings-Smith) Friday, 7 May 1915: The RMS Lusitania is torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 at 2:10 pm and sinks to the bottom of the sea at 2:28 pm, off the south coast of Ireland. Of the estimated 1,962 passengers and crew …

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