Letter in a bottle from Titanic victim goes on display
Jeremiah Burke wrote a goodbye note and threw it overboard in a bottle – a year after his death in the disaster, it washed up near his former home.
View ArticleGot €150million to spare? How about 5,000 items from the Titanic…
The treasure trove of personal items and sections of the huge liner’s hull is up for sale – 100 years after the Titanic sank.
View ArticleArchives show human tragedy and truth behind Titanic sinking
National Library of Ireland resources give Irish perspective on shipping disaster which has its centenary in April this year.
View ArticleRelatives of Titanic victim appeal for help in buying letter at auction
A letter by surgeon John Edward Simpson written just days before the ship sank in April 1912 is to expected to fetch at least $50,000 at the auction later this week – but his descendants want the...
View ArticleResearchers finish first complete map of Titanic debris site
The ship sank one hundred years ago next month on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic.
View ArticleThe ocean floor pics that show how the Titanic sank
New images show how the exact break-up of the Titanic might now be understood – and whether the ship had a fatal design flaw.
View ArticleMayo village which lost eleven people on the Titanic to commemorate sinking
Fourteen residents of the small village of Lahardane were on board the Titanic when it sank one hundred years ago next month.
View Article7 ways to mark the Titanic centenary. Some are rather odd.
With the opening of the world’s largest Titanic exhibition in Belfast in two weeks time – TheJournal.ie gives some alternative ideas of how you can remember the tragic Titanic
View ArticleThis is what the Titanic looks like today
National Geographic magazine to publish images of the Titanic shot using cutting edge technology as part of a multi-million dollar expedition.
View ArticleTitanic Belfast opens today – here’s a preview of what to expect
The €120 million Titanic Belfast is due to open today, one hundred years to the day since the doomed ocean liner was completed. Here’s a video preview of what it’s like.
View ArticleVIDEO: Final moments of the Titanic reconstructed in new animation
What happened to the huge liner as it went down? This video may offer new insights…
View ArticleIn pictures: Passengers from ‘Titanic’ cruise stop off in Ireland
They were greeted in Cobh by crowds, music and the ‘Titanic Deals’ discount store…
View ArticleIs Titanic a true story? Er, yes.
Some Twitter users have had their #mindblown by news that there was a ship called Titanic and it did actually sink. And they are not the only ones…
View ArticleNew Titanic movies have some unlikely additions…
…George Lucas, JJ Abrams and an updated soundtrack.
View ArticleIn pictures: The Titanic launching from Southampton 10 April, 1912
These pictures record the grandeur of the Titanic on the day it began its tragic maiden voyage exactly 100 years ago today.
View ArticlePassenger suffers suspected heart attack on board MS Balmoral
The man has received medical attention on board the vessel, which has turned back as a “precautionary measure”.
View ArticleThe Daily Fix: Tuesday
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
View ArticleThe luckiest priest on the Titanic…
Fr Frank Browne left behind one of the most valuable photographic records of the first leg of the Titanic’s maiden voyage. Luckily for him, his Jesuit superior ordered him off the boat at Cobh.
View ArticleMichael D Higgins to mark 100 years since Titanic left Ireland
The president will travel to Cobh today, exactly a century after the liner docked there.
View ArticleThis is where the Titanic was at this time exactly 100 years ago
Interactive map shows that the ship would have been off the southwestern coast of Ireland, having left Cobh at 1.30pm on this day in 1912.
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