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Post by Admin on May 1, 2022 15:52:21 GMT
Kinsale is steeped in history of national and international significance. Kinsale – Harbour of History is a documentary made by Transition Year students at Kinsale Community School. It sees them research and explore the history of their town. LINK |
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Post by Admin on May 1, 2022 16:20:57 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 Admin on May 6, 2022 22:40:28 GMT
VIA:. Royal British Legion - Paris France
3 May 2019.
On the 1st May 1915, the Lusitania set sail from New York for Britain with 1962 people on board, at a time when German submarine warfare was intensifying. On 7 May 1915 at 2.10pm, the liner was near Kinsale in southern Ireland when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20. She sank in under twenty minutes with the loss of 1191 lives.
The sinking of Lusitania was one of the most horrific incidents at sea during the First World War (1914-18) and presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany in 1917.
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2022 22:43:05 GMT
Lusitania: life, loss, legacy:LINK
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Post by Admin on May 7, 2022 12:52:53 GMT
On This Day in 1915 – The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork with the loss of more than 1,100 lives.  LINK |
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