RSS
News From Ireland


Home Page > News > News From Ireland > Titanic exhibition opens in Cork

Titanic exhibition opens in Cork

By
Irish Voice Reporters,
Published Saturday, November 5, 2011, 9:36 AM
Updated Monday, April 2, 2012, 12:15 PM

print this article Print
email this articleE-mail
comment on article 4 Comments
See more: News from Ireland  

Old illustration of a newspaper man just after the sinking of the Titanic
Old illustration of a newspaper man just after the sinking of the Titanic
Photo by Google Images


Visit our Titanic Centenary Commemoration section here

A farewell message in a bottle that was thrown from the Titanic can now be seen at the Titanic Exhibition in the Cobh Heritage Center. The letter, which was presented by a family member of the victim, goes on display just as next year's centenary of the ship's sinking approaches.

Jeremiah Burke didn’t have much time to write a last note to his family as  the Titanic went down. The 19-year-old, who was traveling from his home in Glanmire, Co. Cork with his 18-year-old cousin Nora Hegarty, simply said “goodbye all” in his last note.

The note was left in a holy water bottle which Jeremiah was given at the quayside in Cobh by his mother before he set off for the United States.

As the Titanic sank in the early hours of 15 April, 1912, he threw the bottle and message into the sea.

READ MORE:

Irishman sent a message in a bottle as the Titanic sunk

Film crews for miniseries ‘Titanic - Blood and Steel’ take to the streets of Dublin

The bottle was washed ashore a year later in Dunkettle, only a few miles from his family home. The note, which read “From Titanic, goodbye all, Burke of Glanmire, Cork” has remained in the Burke family for nearly a century.

One of Jeremiah’s nieces, Mary Woods, has donated it to the Cobh Heritage Center.

Woods, who is a local councilor in Cork, said Jeremiah and his cousin Nora had been traveling to America to meet up with his two sisters who had left for Boston a year previously.  Both Jeremiah and Nora drowned in the tragedy.

The bottle was donated at the same time as a 12-part television series, 'Titanic – Blood and Steel,' is being filmed in Ireland. The series tells the story of the people who built the doomed ship.

Visit our Titanic Centenary Commemoration section here

​
See more: News from Ireland , Titanic
print this article Print
email this articleE-mail


4 Comments

See all comments

oraya | Mar 11, 2012, 08:32 PM EDT
This post is misleading, you make it sound as if he threw this overboard the night the ship went down, as a way of saying good bye to his family. This isn't true, this note was actually dated four days before the disaster and he was more than likely just having a little fun, or saying good bye to Ireland. My god it is so annoying when people mislead others in these articles.

Report abuse

phinsman | Nov 06, 2011, 06:52 PM EST
I would love to visit the Cobh Heritage Center the next time I am in Ireland Very much looking forward to it...

Report abuse

ConnieCobe | Nov 06, 2011, 11:33 AM EST
I am glad so much attention is being paid to this tragic, tragic event. I have only recently found that I am a decendent of a survivor. Found her name on the manifest for the Carpathia. Keep up the good work. I have not been to the building site of the Titanic but have been to Cobh. I am sure the work involved in putting this together will be a fine tribute to the Irish people.

Report abuse

dogsbottom | Nov 06, 2011, 09:39 AM EST
Id just like to say, I have been to the center and must say It is first class. well worth a visit, one adult and one oap was €13 not to bad on price it take's a good hour to walk around and is full of wonderful bits and memories of sad times past including the now famous message in a bottle from a titanic passengers last words Ireland need more of this sort of extradition and the cafe had the most beautiful soup and brown bread €4 Ireland keep this up and keep the prices down

Report abuse

 


IrishCentral logo
"Like" IrishCentral
IrishCentral Mobile QR code


Connect to IrishCentral with your Facebook account

or Sign-Up directly

Already Registered? Sign-In!

Welcome to IrishCentral!
Please provide the following information in order to create your account

Username:
E-Mail Address:
Password:
Confirm Password:
I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy


Already Registered? Sign-In!
Forgot my password

Welcome to IrishCentral!
All we need is the following information and you will be part of the #1 Irish community in the US

E-Mail Address:
First select a unique username:
Username:
Now choose a password:
Password:
Confirm Password:
I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Thank you!

Just one more step and you will be part of the largest Irish community in America! Tell us a little more about you to start enjoying all the features of IrishCentral.

Additional Information:

First Name:
Last Name:
Date of Birth:
Zip:
Gender: Male  Female 
Country:
Degree of Irishness:
Household Income:
Level of Education:

Subscribe to our newsletters:

The Best of IrishCentral - Daily Newsletter
Special Offers from our sponsors

or
Skip

You can edit your information at any time, just go to "my account" when you're logged in.

Log into IrishCentral with your Facebook account

or sign-in directly

E-Mail:
Password:
 Remember me Forgot my password
Not a member? Register Now!
submit to reddit
print this article Print
email this articleE-mail