Conference in UCC to look at sinking of Lusitania

An academic conference focusing on the sinking of the Lusitania and the general sea war from 1914 to 1918 is to be hosted by University College Cork next week.

The May 6 conference — organised by the university’s history department — is among the events marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the liner and the profound repercussions it had locally, nationally, and internationally.

The conference will be held in the Boole I lecture theatre and will feature a number of expert speakers from Britain and Ireland.