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Titanic Commemoration

On Sunday 14th April 2019, ceremonies will be held in Cobh, the last port of call
of the Titanic to remember all those who died when the ship sank, but in particular
the passengers who boarded in Cobh. The
ceremony which is an annual event organised
by Cobh Tourism will start at 2.30pm.
For 2019 the proceedings will commence at
the Titanic Memorial Garden at the east end
of the Cobh waterfront and which overlooks
the final anchorage of the Titanic. Here a cer-
emony of prayers and wreath laying will have
musical honours provided by the Commodore
Male Voice Choir. A wreath will be laid by the
chairperson of Cobh Tourism, Jack Walsh at the Glass Memorial Wall which bears
the names of the 123 Queenstown passengers.

Immediately afterwards (approx. 3.15pm) a Colour Party from the Cobh Branch
O.N.E. will parade from the Old Town Hall at Lynch’s Quay to the Titanic Memorial
in Pearse Square.

Here the names of the 79 passengers who boarded the Titanic in Cobh on 11th
April 1912 and who perished in freezing waters of the North Atlantic less than four
days later will be read out. Wreaths will then be placed at the Titanic Memorial in
memory all those lost in the tragedy. The ceremonies will conclude with Cobh Con-
fraternity Band’s rendition of the Last Post and Reveille.
Members of the public are encouraged to attend.

The Titanic Memorial Garden was developed in Cove Fort in 2013 by Cobh Tourism
with assistance from SECAD and Cobh Town Council.

Our New Chairperson

The new chairperson of Cobh Tourism, a
company limited by guarantee is Jack Walsh.
Jack has had a long career in Tourism
and Hospitality and is the current manager of
Cobh Heritage Centre.

He chairs the voluntary Board of Directors that
are drawn from Tourism businesses and the
wider Community in Cobh.

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