Miss Mary Katherine "Katie" Gilnagh


Kaite Gilnagh and her sister Mollie (click for enlargement).
Photograph taken shortly after the sinking.
Katie's parents would not believe that she survived until they received the photograph.
(Courtesy of Phillip Gowan, USA)

Miss Mary Katherine "Katie" Gilnagh, 16, from Co Longford, Ireland boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger . She shared cabin 161 on E Deck with Katie Mullen, Kate and Mary Murphy. Miss Gilnagh was bound for New York, NY. She was rescued in lifeboat 16.

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Katie Gilnagh, center (see enlargement). On left is a friend named Mr Bergen and on right is her sister Nellie Gilnagh.
Courtesy of Phillip Gowan, USA

In later life she became a member of the "Titanic Enthusiasts of America" and she appeared on two televison programs, To Tell The Truth and the Steve Allen Show, she was also mentioned in Walter Lord's, A Night to Remember and her picture appeared in a 1953 Life Magazine account of the tragedy.

Miss Gilnagh (later Mrs John Joseph Manning) died on March 1, 1971 in Long Island City, New York at the age of 75.


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Seventieth birthday of Kate Gilnagh Manning--October 29, 1966. On the left (see enlargement) is Katie's sister Dee Gilnagh Thompson and Kate is on the right.
Katie Gilnagh Manning's grave at the Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York
Courtesy of Phillip Gowan, USA
Courtesy of Michael A. Findlay, USA

Documents
Additional Photographs

References
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer At Port Of Arrival (Date: 18th-19th June 1912, Ship: Carpathia) - National Archives, NWCTB 85 T715 Vol 4183
Robert L. Bracken (2000) Irish Titanic Passengers
Walter Lord (1976) A Night to Remember. London, Penguin. ISBN 0 14 004757 3
Senan Molony (1999) The Irish Aboard Titanic. Wolfhound Press, Dublin ISBN 0 86327 805 1
Noel Ray (1999) List of Passengers who Boarded RMS Titanic at Queenstown, April 11, 1912. The Irish Titanic Historical Society

Contributors
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Phillip Gowan, USA

Credits
Philip Hind (Editor)

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Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary

Name: Miss Mary Katherine "Katie" Gilnagh
Born: Monday 29th October 1894
Age: 17 years
Marital Status: Single.
Last Residence: in Esker Ireland

First Embarked: Queenstown on Thursday 11th April 1912
Ticket No. 35851 , £7 14s 8d
Destination: New York City New York United States
Rescued (boat 16)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Monday 1st March 1971

Travelling Companions
Miss Margaret Jane "Mary" "Maggie" Murphy friend
Miss Catherine "Kate" Murphy friend
Miss Katherine "Katie" Mullen friend
Miss Margaret Jane "Mary" "Maggie" Murphy friend


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