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irishtimes.com	COBH CEREMONY HONOURS VICTIMS OF 'TITANIC' - IRISH TIMES A COMMEMORATION of the victims of the Titanic's sinking was held in Cobh yesterday, one day short of 99 years after the liner called to the Cork town on her ill-fated voyage from Southampton to New York. On Thursday, April 11th, 1912, 123 steerage ......	11th April 2011
	TITANIC'S LAST STOP, COBH Titanic Stories Michael Martin, creator of ‘The Titanic Trail’ takes us on a tour of Cobh, the Titanic’s last port of call. He sets the scene of the day that Titanic left the Ireland, taking in the White Star Line Of...	29th October 2011
irishtimes.com	FLARES AND GUN SALUTE IN CORK PAY TRIBUTE TO LOST LIVES OF 'TITANIC' - IRISH TIMES ONE HUNDRED and twenty-three flares were released from Spike Island in Co Cork to commemorate the individuals who boarded the ill-fated Titanic from nearby Cobh on April 11th, 1912. When the Titanic struck an iceberg in the north Atlantic four days later, it sank with the loss of over 1,500 lives, including 79 of those who boarded in Cobh. Among those who died was a Cobh native, able seaman Lionel Leonard, who travelled as a third-class passenger....	2nd January 2012
Irish Times	CALL FOR 'TITANIC' EXHIBIT TO COME TO COBH THE LINK between the maritime town of Cobh, Co Cork, and the Titanic is consistently being overlooked, according to the president of the townâ€™s chamber of commerce, who has criticised a decision to host a major exhibition regarding the doomed liner in Dublin....	15th December 2009
	COBH MEMORIAL Memorial to all Irish emigrants at Cobh (formerly Queenstown), the memorial is accompanied by a plaque to those that lost their lives in the Titanic disaster....
Irish Times	COBH SAILOR RECOLLECTED AT 'TITANIC' CEREMONY A NATIVE of Cobh, Co Cork, who died in the sinking of the Titanic was remembered at a special ceremony yesterday, 98 years after the Titanic stopped at on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. All of those who died when the ship sank were recalled at the commemoration in her last port of call....	13th April 2010
Irish Times	COBH SAILOR RECOLLECTED AT 'TITANIC' CEREMONY A NATIVE of Cobh, Co Cork, who died in the sinking of the Titanic was remembered at a special ceremony yesterday, 98 years after the Titanic stopped at on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. All of those who died when the ship sank were recalled at the commemoration in her last port of call....	13th April 2010
independent.ie	COMMEMORATIVE TITANIC CRUISE TO DOCK AT COBH, 100 YEARS ON Preparations are continuing in Cobh, Co Cork, to welcome a 100th anniversary commemorative cruise retracing the voyage of the ill-fated Titanic in 1912. The cruise, which has been completely sold out, will depart from Southampton on April 8 next year with 1,300 passengers from 22 different countries, including 35 from Ireland....	7th August 2011
Irish Independent	COBH JOINS IN PLANS FOR TITANIC CENTENARY AN Irish town is to play a major role in the 100th anniversary commemorations of the sinking of the Titanic. Titanic left Belfast's renowned shipyard in 1912 hailed as the new wonder of the world. It was the largest and most luxurious ship at that time, and Cobh in Co Cork was the liner's last port of call before its fatal voyage. A total of 1,513 people died when the ship hit an iceberg off Newfoundland in April 1912....	15th August 2007
Independent.ie	PAISLEY GETS TITANIC WELCOME AT REMARKABLE VISIT TO CORK THE doomed liner Titanic provided the key to Dr Ian Paisley's remarkable two-day visit to Cork.The DUP leader stunned Cobh business chiefs by accepting an invitation to address the local Chamber of Commerce -- and his two-day visit, which ended yesterday afternoon, was then quickly expanded to include a courtesy call to both Cobh Town Council and Cork's City Hall....	21st April 2008
Tulsa World	ALL ABOARD FOR ONE TITANIC CELEBRATION She left Southampton April 10, 1912, bound for New York, with stops at Cherbourg and Queens-town â€” now Cobh, in southern Cork County, Ireland â€” in between. Before she sank famously about 400 miles south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, the RMS Titanic served, well, the meal of a lifetime....	15th April 2010
	JOHN COTTER, HARBOR PILOT FOR QUEENSTOWN Peter Gauthier To all who are interested in John Cotter, Harbor Pilot for Queenstown My name is Peter Gauthier and I am the Great, Great Grandson of said John Cotter. Specifically, one of his daughters Maggie or Margaret, who my mother is named ...
	MARY CANAVAN - SCHOOL REGISTER ENTRY Mary Canavan attended Massbrook School in Addergoole Parish. She was one of fourteen people from the parish who boarded RMS Titanic in Steerage at Queenstown (now Cobh). ...
Irish Independent	WITNESSES SOUGHT AFTER TITANIC PUB BLAZE GARDAI have renewed their appeal for witnesses after a fire caused up to ƒ¢¢€Å¡‚¬1.5m damage to a bar set up by a Lotto winner. The fire broke out at 9.30pm on April 26 and caused extensive damage to the Titanic Bar and Restaurant in Cobh, Co Cork....	5th May 2009
yourlocalguardian.co.uk	POSTCARD FROM THORNTON HEATH MAN ON TITANIC UP FOR SALE A postcard sent from a passenger on the ill-fated Titanic liner is set to fetch up to £4,000 at auction. Andrew Johnston, who lived with his family in Thornton Heath, sent the postcard to his dad from the ship as it left Queenstown, now Cobh in Cork, Ireland. ...	11th January 2012
San Diego Union Tribune	TRAVEL TITANIC A DISASTER TO REMEMBER Its never too late to board the Titanic. The irrepressible story of the worlds most famous ship is coming to the forefront once again in places ranging from Cobh Queenstown Ireland where Titanic made its last port call to cities in the United States. All this leads up to April 15 2012 the 100th anniversary of the sinking of what was then the worlds most elegant and largest ocean liner....	25th March 2011
bbc.co.uk	TITANIC'S FINAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY FATHER FRANK BROWNE - BBC NEWS Some of the finest photographs taken of the Titanic will feature in a new edition of Father Frank Browneâ€™s Titanic Album which is to be launched at Cobh Heritage Centre in County Cork on Wednesday. The Jesuit's photographs were used by director James Cameron to reconstruct the ship for his 1997 blockbuster...	23rd November 2011
BBC News	TITANIC LETTER DISPLAYED IN CORK A message in a holy water bottle which was thrown overboard by a Titanic victim while the ship sank has now been donated to a heritage centre in Cork by his family. Jeremiah Burke, 19, from Glanmire in Cork was given the bottle at the quayside in Cobh by his mother before he set off for the US. As the Titanic sank in the early hours of 15 April, 1912, he threw the bottle and message into the sea. The bottle was washed ashore a year later in Dunkettle, only a few miles from his family home....	26th October 2011
irishcentral.com	MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE HIGHLIGHT OF CORK TITANIC EXHIBIT A farewell message in a bottle that was thrown from the Titanic can now be seen at the Titanic Exhibition in the Cobh Heritage Center. The letter, which was presented by a family member of the victim, goes on display just as next year's centenary of the ship's sinking approaches. Jeremiah Burke didn’t have much time to write a last note to his family as the Titanic went down. The 19-year-old, who was traveling from his home in Glanmire, Co. Cork with his 18-year-old cousin Nora Hegarty, simply said "goodbye all" in his last note....	5th November 2011
independent.ie	THE TITANIC LOVE STORY THAT CAUSED A RIFT IN MY FAMILY Tom and Hannah had tickets for another vessel but were transferred to the Titanic. It must have seemed like a stroke of luck because steerage on the Titanic was equivalent to second class elsewhere. They shared their cabin with another couple. Privacy was a luxury other classes enjoyed. Still, meals were plentiful, and survivors' accounts report merriment in third class, where the predominantly young emigrants partied during this hiatus between two worlds. Everyone knows what happened next. Three days after leaving Cobh, on the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic collided with an iceberg. It was a catastrophe that could have been averted if ice warnings from other ships had been heeded. Or perhaps if the lookouts had been given binoculars, instead of having them locked away on the bridge. The Titanic is a story peppered with ifs and buts, as tragedies tend to be....	2nd June 2011
Mirror.co.uk	MAN HIT BY CURSE OF TITANIC THROWS BACK RELIC A man hit by the curse of the Titanic after stealing a piece of the sunken ship's hull has thrown it back into the sea....	17th April 2009
Sunday Press	TITANIC STORY BY CAVAN SURVIVOR Sunday Press: Titanic Goes Down- But now comes a story within two stories for the local people have the firm belief that a little earth from the grave of Saint Mogue will, if carried with you, protect you from death by drowning, fire, in air or r...	21st September 1952
	MEMORIAL There is a new memorial in the Lifeboat House at Scarborough which was unveiled in April 2002 and reads: HMS Conway Trust Memorial James Paul Moody O.C. 6th Officer Titanic Born Scarborough, 21 August 1887...
	ANNIE MCGOWAN - SCHOOL REGISTER ENTRY Annie McGowan attended ...
Irish Independent	GUINNESS 'TITANIC' TV ADVERT BANNED Drinks commercial does not survive Titanic treatment A Guinness 'Titantic' ad has been banned because it could have caused offence to descendants of people who lost their lives in the tragedy. SINKING a pint has tak...	3rd September 2004
	THE ADDERGOOLE PARISH LOSS John Bourke, his wife Katherine, his sister Mary, Honora Fleming and Mary Mangan were from the townland of Carrowskeheen (quarter land of the little bush), Lahardane, Addergoole Parish, Co Mayo, Irish Republic. All perished. Data from the 1911 cen...
BBC News	VOYAGE RETRACES TITANIC JOURNEY A holiday company is to retrace the voyage of the Titanic as part of the 100th anniversary of the disaster. The 12-night cruise, with tickets priced from Â£2,595, will follow the route of the ill-fated ship which sank in April 1912 killing 1,517 people....	8th October 2009
Southern Star	CORK TITANIC SOCIETY PLANNING TO ERECT "LOST AT SEA" MEMORIAL CORK Titanic Society is planning to erect a "Lost at Sea" memorial in the inner harbour and is holding its annual commemoration for same at 12.15am Mass in the Church of the Holy Cross, Mahon, in Cork Harbour on Sunday, May 31, to which everyone is welcome....	29th April 2009
CNN	TITANIC 100TH ANNIVERSARY CRUISES SPARK CONTROVERSY The frigid waters of the North Atlantic aren't among the most prominent cruise destinations but that may change as the world remembers one of the worst maritime disasters in history. At least two cruises are planned in the spring of 2012 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with both touting special activities lectures and memorials to commemorate the tragic voyage....	22nd September 2010
	ERNEST WALDRON KING FAMILY INFO I believe E. W. King's father, Thomas Waldron King, was my great-great-grandfather John King's brother, and that their parents were Thomas King, who was a Church of Ireland scripture reader in Selerna, County Galway, and Elizabeth. Here's ...