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Post by Administrator on Apr 28, 2020 22:48:03 GMT
Each year we commemorate the sinking of Liverpool's favourite liner, the Lusitania, on 7 May. This year we will be marking the anniversary online instead of our usual memorial service at the waterfront. Joe Wynne's grandfather and great grandfather were both members of the Lusitania's crew and were on the ship when it was struck by a torpedo on the final voyage. Find out more about the Lusitania story: LINKMerseyside Maritime Museum
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Post by Administrator on May 7, 2020 1:37:12 GMT
Church service tv / Kinsale Carmelites.
Prayers for the victims of the Lusitania will be said in the Friary on Thursday, 7th at 2 p.m. This is the web contact.
Service of remembrance for the victims of the Lusitania today, Thursday 7 May, at 1.55pm from Kinsale Friary, to coincide with the time of the sinking. This is the 105th anniversary of the atrocity that claimed almost 1,200 souls. Join the ecumenical service online at carmeliteskinsale.ie
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Post by Administrator on May 7, 2020 2:08:32 GMT
Lest we forget,Lusitania sinking on May 7, 1915. Off the Old Head of Kinsale.
A few years ago the Merchant Navy Association from Barry Dock in Wales, as they looked out across the sunlit waters 15 miles south of Courtmacsherry, near Kinsale, on a day when the weather was similar to that of the sinking all strong men who had seen and experienced a lot at sea themselves and lost companions and relations during the Second World War, all had tears in their eyes, imagining what it must have been like for those aboard the Lusitania.
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Post by Administrator on May 7, 2020 2:21:40 GMT
Quote Kinsale Mayor, Tomas O Brien : "Many a young Kinsale man left to go to Barry, which to them was the gateway to the world. For some it was the first time they had left their native town, and their families survived on the money they sent home. "Some settled in Barry and have families there today. Many others died in the wars while serving in both the Royal and Merchant Navies." This is Barry. Thursday 1 September 2005
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Post by Administrator on May 7, 2020 3:00:05 GMT
2020 Lusitania Commemoration.This video has been developed as a means of enabling people around the world to join us in the commemoration of the 105th sinking of the Lusitania on the 7th of May 1915. LINK
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Post by Administrator on May 7, 2020 7:42:22 GMT
Remembering the RMS Lusitania | Tragically Lost 7th May 1915
Posted By: Ann Robinson 5th May 2020
On the 7th May 1915 the RMS Lusitania was lost 18 kilometres off the coast of Kinsale.LINK
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