Eddie Colley’s Lousy Titanic Birthday

Eddie Colley’s Lousy Titanic Birthday

    *****   Edward Pomeroy Colley was the fourth and youngest son of Henry Colley and his wife Bena, née Elizabeth Wingfield. Born on 15 April 1875, the Dublin-born civil engineer was destined to have the lousy distinction of being the only person...
Notes on Cobh (Queenstown), County Cork

Notes on Cobh (Queenstown), County Cork

A mercy mission from Boston, the bells that rang out for Laurel and Hardy, Sonia O’Sullivan and a remarkable Titanic survivor are among the cast on Turtle’s panel in Cobh railway station, illustrated by Derry Dillon, translated by Jack O Driscoll. Become a...
Who Sank Titanic?

Who Sank Titanic?

Within hours of Titanic’s sinking, the blame game had begun. The immediate and obvious villain was the killer iceberg that seemingly loomed up out of nowhere and serrated the ship’s steel hull with such devastating effect. The British commission of enquiry that...
Spotlight on Belfast – City of Music & Joy

Spotlight on Belfast – City of Music & Joy

Host to the 2026 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann and a place on National Geographic Traveller’s prestigious Cool List 2024 underlines the positivity around Northern Ireland’s progressive capital. “Belfast’s heart beats fervidly with music, it is in our...
Violet Jessop – ‘The Luckiest Woman Afloat’

Violet Jessop – ‘The Luckiest Woman Afloat’

Born in Argentina in 1887, to Irish parents, Violet survived three major maritime disasters while serving on board the White Star liners Titanic, Olympic and Britannic – a record that ensured Violet’s status as the most famous of Titanic’s eighteen stewardess....