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From the late 1600s, in the age of the sailing ships, to the onset of the Second World War in 1939, when the last transatlantic steamer sailed from the port, Derry was one of the principal emigration ports in Ireland.
Being Chief Purser on the Titanic was a huge responsibility – and it was filled by an Irishman who was larger than life and the last word in gallantry. Hugh McElroy occupied a critical shipboard position for the White Star Line. As Purser, he was the company’s main interface with the bulk of passengers.
Choked with weeds, and overrun by brambles and bracken, the once carefully tended walled garden of a long-gone grand island home shows all the signs…
This story contains links that will take you to our archives site on newspapers.com. This content is free for LancasterOnline subscribers who are logged in. Click here for more information about how to subscribe. One hundred and eight years ago this month, an allegedly unsinkable ship - the largest, most luxurious steam liner ever built - struck an iceberg and sank, leaving nearly 1,500 of its crew and passengers dead. Since then, the White Star Line's ill-fated RMS Titanic has become a mainstay of popular culture, spawning traveling museum exhibits, a blockbuster film, and countless metapho...