Victims of Lusitania sinking honoured in Cobh

The victims of the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania were honoured at a ceremony in Co Cork yesterday.

Victims of Lusitania sinking honoured in Cobh

The Cunard passenger liner was torpedoed by a German U-Boat off the Old Head of Kinsale in Co Cork while en route to Liverpool on May 7, 1915, with the loss of 1,198 lives, many of whom were US citizens.

The disaster was pivotal in prompting the US to enter World War I.

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