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How Irish woman Katie Gilnagh survived the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic. On April 14, 1912, the White Star Line ship the RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg off Newfoundland. In the early hours of April 15, the Belfast-built Titanic sank, killing over 1,500 passengers and crew on board.
Ellen Toomey was aboard the Titanic returning to her job in the US after a visit with her family in Co Limerick.
Bridget Delia Bradley went mad with fear and tried to clamber back out of a lifeboat and onto the sinking Titanic on April 15, 1912.
Boarded third-class at Queenstown, this Athlone man's sensational story tells of an officer shooting two men dead – before another shot rings out and the officer himself falls.
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.