Posts Tagged ‘Dun Laoghaire’
RMS Leinster centenary programme, October 2018
10 October 2018 marks the centenary of the worst maritime disaster ever recorded in the Irish Sea: the sinking of the RMS Leinster by a German U-boat just off the Kish Bank, outside Dublin Bay. The Leinster was originally built for the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company to service its route across the Irish Sea, and…
Read More10 October 2018: Official centenary commemoration of the sinking of the RMS Leinster, Dún Laoghaire
On Wednesday 10 October 2018 an official commemoration took place in Dún Laoghaire to mark the centenary of the sinking of the Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) Leinster and to remember all of those who perished in the tragedy. The Leinster was originally built for the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company to service its route across the Irish…
Read More30 Aug-1 Sept 2018: dlr Roger Casement Summer School/Festival, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Between Thursday 30 August and Saturday 1 September 2018 dlr Lexicon Library hosted the second dlr Roger Casement Summer School/Festival, with the support of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Roger Casement (1864-1916) was born in Sandycove, Co. Dublin, the youngest child of four of an Antrim family. He worked in various employments in Africa before starting…
Read MoreRMS Leinster Centenary Exhibition, National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, July-December 2018
Between July and December 2018 the National Maritime Museum, Haigh Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, will host the a new exhibition to mark the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Leinster on 10 October 1918. The Leinster was originally built for the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company to service its route across the Irish Sea,…
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