Lusitania ship was built-in 1906 and Sank 7th of May 1915. 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard were killed, leaving 761 survivors.

Lusitania ship was built-in 1906 and Sank 7th of May 1915. 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard were killed, leaving 761 survivors.

The Cunard Liner of Lusitania was torpedoed from the Old Head of Kinsale at the time of the First World War on 7 May 1915. Less than 800 survived among the 1959 passengers. In the Old Church Graveyard at Cobh were many buried.

A burial ceremony at the old cemetery on May 10, 1915. A total of 169 of the 289 bodies recovered from the Lusitania were buried at the cemetery.

Onóir O Brien, Irish Examiner, Wikipedia,