Beeves lighthouse and the Titanic
When the Titanic arrived at Queenstown (now Cobh) on the morning of 11th April 1912, 123 people (63 men and 60 women) boarded the PS America and the PS Ireland and travelled out to the great ship anchored outside Roches Point. They were accompanied by many smaller boats determined to sell lace and other wares to the rich passengers onboard. Passengers waiting to board the paddle-steamers at the White Star Line wharf in Queenstown (Cobh Museum) Those who joined at Queenstown were not the elite: only three travelled first class, seven were second-class passengers and 113 were third-class, all seeking to find a better life in America. Only 44 of them survived to see the New World. Among the 123 were listed four passengers from the small town of Askeaton in county Limerick – Bertha Moran (32), her brother Daniel (27), her fianc é, Patrick Ryan (32) and a friend Margaret Madigan (21). The women would survive, the men would not. Bertha Moran (above) and her brother Daniel (below) wer...