Cork communities uniting to commemorate Lusitania

Several coastal communities have united to commemorate the Lusitania sinking.

The people of Kinsale, Cobh and Courtmacsherry in Co Cork, have organised a series of events in May to pay tribute to the victims and to remember their ancestors who rescued survivors and recovered the dead.

The RMS Lusitania, which was on route from New York to Liverpool, was sunk by a torpedo fired from a German U-boat off Cork on May 7 1915. It sunk 11 miles due south of the Old Head Lighthouse and 1,201 people died.