Posts Tagged ‘National Maritime Museum’
7 October 2018: History Ireland Hedge School: ‘The sinking of the RMS Leinster and the war at sea’, National Maritime Museum, Haigh Terrace, Dún Laoghaire
On Sunday 7 October the National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Haigh Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, hosted a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate on ‘The sinking of the RMS Leinster and the war at sea’. Just before 10am on 10 October 1918, east of the Kish Bank, two torpedoes fired by the German submarine UB-123 struck the 2,640-ton packet…
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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