luxurious passenger ships in the world, and they did exactly that. April 10th, 1912, 2,206 people set sail on the largest boat ever made at the time, the RMS Titanic. Setting sail from Southampton, England after several stops in Cherbourg, France and Cobh, the ending destination was supposed to be New York. Sadly the Titanic never made it to New York nor did all 2,208 passengers. The Titanic hit an iceberg at about 11:30 p.m. on April 14th. This colossal iceberg slashed a 300-foot gash below the ship’s
My grandmother, Ellen “Eileen” Mary Mulleady was born December 8th 1934 in Cloonkeen, Co Roscommon, Ireland as the 3rd oldest of a family of 8 children. She lived with her 7 siblings, mother, father, and grandmother. Her father was a farmer and raised cattle, and her mother worked outside a lot, so her grandmother took care of her and her siblings most of the time. Her grandmother would hum tunes for them to dance to and make 7 loaves of bread a day. Eileen had to do daily chores, such as bringing
Educational achievement is an opportunity for any person who desires to have a focus point in his career I n other to achieve this goal, I decided as an individual from one of the poorest countries, in the continent of Africa the Republic of Liberia to pursue this goal of higher learning. My desire to enroll at East Tennessee State University is to effectively prepare to overcome challenges ahead and to increase knowledge in the learning process toward educational goal. I believe the desire to
Annie Moore was born January 1, 1877, in the village of Cobh, county of Cork, Ireland. Her parents immigrated to America in 1888 leaving Annie and her two younger brothers in the care of their Aunt. Two years after Annie’s parents established themselves in New York, they sent for Annie and her two younger brothers, Anthony and Philip. Sailing on the SS Nevada, the Moore children’s journey from Ireland to America took twelve days. When the ship arrived, Annie was the first of 148 passengers to disembark
**** Adapted from Joseph O’Connor’s 2004 novel of the same title, “Star of the Sea”, follows the journey of a chambermaid Mary Duane, landlord David Meredith, and the suspected murderer Pius Mulvey on board a famine ship in 1847 as it sets sail from Cobh to New York. This bi-lingual production from Moonfish Theatre Company, has been made accessible to non-Irish speakers through the clever use of projections, and live sound effects which creates a wonderfully impressive performance. The deliberately
Philipps-Universität Marburg Fachbereich 10: Fremdsprachliche Philologien Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik PS: The Landscape of Ireland Leitung: Madeleine Kinsella Hausarbeit von Mathias Weber County Cork County Cork The aim of this term paper is to give an overview of the county Cork, beginning with its geographical location then present some historical events that are relevant to the history of Cork and finally show the places of interest, both of the county