Tipperary Mid West Radio
Lusitania (Image: Churchill Project Website)
Members of Kinsale History community will hold a commemoration today at 2pm to mark the anniversary of the sinking of of the Cunard liner RMS Lusitania off the Old Head of Kinsale on May 7th 1915, according to the Federation of Local History Societies.
The ship had traveled from New York en route to Liverpool when it was struck by a single torpedo from the U20, killing 1298 passengers and crew. Kinsale based fishing boats were first on the scene but many were forced to transfer survivors and victims to English naval craft for passage to Cobh. This why so few were buried in Kinsale.