One hundred and one years ago today, 14 people from Addergoole Parish, County Mayo, left for America from Queenstown (today known as Cobh) on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. Only three would survive.
These emigrants are still remembered by relatives each April with an early morning ceremony in Lahardane, County Mayo.
Left is a picture taken of the assembled Irish waiting to board Titanic. It was taken by Father Frank Browne S.J., who traveled on the Titanic from Southhampton to Queenstown. An American offered to pay his way to New York, but when Browne asked for permission to extend his trip, his superior denied the request.
The refusal saved Browne's life. The cleric's pictures are the only ones taken on the Titanic that have survived.
May the Good Lord bless those who perished on Titanic!