Lusitania: Path where our ancestors witnessed history 100 years ago

FOR a superb outdoor experience, salted with a bit of history, none will serve better on this Bank Holiday Monday than a coastal walk from picturesque Courtmacsherry village to Coolbawn (aka Blind Strand) on the Seven Heads.

The route, part of the Seven Heads Walk, is well signposted, and about 5 miles (9 km).

All weekend, Courtmacsherry, 50 minutes west of Cork city, was the scene of ceremonies and re-enactments of the local lifeboat crews’ valiant attempt to reach survivors from the torpedoed liner, The Lusitania, on the afternoon of May 7, 1915. The history of how the ship, with its 1,959 passengers, was sunk by a German U-boat submarine, is well known.