Century Ireland, a project led by RTÉ and Boston College, is today launching a companion website dedicated to telling the story of the Irish in Gallipoli.
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Gallipoli Centenary: summary of major events today & tomorrow
A Centenary News overview of major national and international events taking place today (April 24th 2015) and tomorrow (Anzac Day) to mark the 100th anniversary of the Allied landings at Gallipoli.
Continue readingGallipoli Centenary: talks, music & poetry in Ireland to remember 1915 campaign
The Irish broadcaster, RTE, and organisers of the Hay literary festival in Kells are to mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings with a programme of talks, music and poetry from April 24-26th 2015.
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Lusitania Centenary: Historic disaster photos on show in Cobh, Ireland
More than 60 photographs capturing the aftermath of the Lusitania disaster are displayed in the Irish port of Cobh, as it prepares for commemorations next week marking the centenary of the British liner’s sinking by a German submarine.
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Book Review – Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania by Diana Preston
Centenary News Review: ‘This is a lively and comprehensive account of the sinking of the Lusitania, its aftermath, and the controversies which still swirl around the disaster. Diana Preston weaves a narrative of intrigue and foreboding that describes how the pride of the Cunard fleet sailed into the sights of a German submarine off the Irish coast a century ago.’
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Lusitania Centenary: Irish lifeboat crew re-enacts 1915 rescue call
A veteran lifeboat has been rowed to the wreck site of the Lusitania in tribute to those who went to the aid of the torpedoed liner’s victims on May 7th 1915.
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Lusitania relatives gather on Irish coast to mark centenary
Thousands of people are expected to take part in Lusitania centenary events on Ireland’s Cork coast today (May 7th 2015), many of them descendants of the torpedoed liner’s passengers and crew.
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100 Years Ago Today: Lusitania sunk by German U-boat
The British transatlantic liner, Lusitania, was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7th 1915, provoking American outrage at the deaths of neutral US passengers.
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Lusitania Centenary: Ireland’s day of tribute on the Cork coast
Centenary News reports from Cobh, where thousands of visitors packed the streets on May 7th 2015 for a day of tributes to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.
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Centenary News update on Somme 2016 ticket ballot
The UK Government says 8,000 free tickets will be balloted for next year’s commemorations at Thiepval marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.
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