RMS Titanic stories, news updates & events in Belfast
#TitanicTender – S.S. Nomadic as previously reported on Afloat.ie, is a veteran of two world wars and has a direct link to the luxurious RMS Titanic past, and Charlie Chaplin and Elizabeth Taylor who have been on board the passenger…
#MaritimeFestival –The Belfast Titanic Maritime Festival will be held this Bank holiday weekend (25-27 May) and will be a family fun event centred around the harbour at Abercorn Basin and Titanic Belfast Plaza. The three-day event organised by Belfast City…
#Titanic - Titanic Belfast is second only to the Guinness Storehouse in terms of visitor numbers in its first year, as The Irish Times reports. NI Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, who joined First Minister Peter Robinson at an event…
#Titanic - An Australian mining millionaire has unveiled his plans to resurrect the Titanic for the 21st century, as The Irish Times reports. Clive Palmer wants to build a new version of the ill-fated cruise liner - to be dubbed…
#TITANIC - The Irish Times reports that a hand-drawn plan of the Titanic will go on display at the visitor's centre dedicated to the tragic vessel in Belfast. The enormous 10-metre drawing was used during an inquiry into the Titanic's…
#TITANIC - Titanic Island, the company at the head of the consortium developing Belfast's Titanic Quarter, made a pre-tax loss of £20 million (€25 million) in 2011, as BBC News reports. Much of this has been attributed to a one-off…
#TITANIC - In the latest edition of his history of Ireland in 100 objects in The Irish Times, Fintan O'Toole examines the legacy of an admission ticket to the launch of the Titanic in Belfast on 31 May 1911. On…
#TITANIC - A replica of the Titanic is at the centre of a High Court dispute between two former partners, as RTE News reports. Carmel McGrath claims she paid the costs of constructing the 16ft scale replica of the tragic…
#TITANIC - The first Irishman to see the wreck of the Titanic takes to the stage in the UK next week to present his personal recollections of the experience. As Biggleswade Today reports, deep-sea diving expert Rory Golden will give his two-part…
#titanic – Cork Titanic Society has launched a souvenir film that profiles April's 100th anniversary commemoration of the sinking of RMS 'Titanic'. The film is produced by Catherine M Courtney and it captures the special wreath laying ceremony on board…
#TITANIC - Nine Galwegians who travelled on the ill-fated Titanic are being commemorated throughout August by a replica of the ocean liner, as the Galway Advertiser reports. The 1:10 scale model is on display overlooking Galway Bay at the Atlantaquaria…
#TITANIC - A new plaque has been unveiled in Belfast to remember eight men who died during construction of the Titanic in the city more than 100 years ago. As UTV News reports, NI First Minister Peter Robinson was on…
#TITANIC IN SONG – A musical evening 'Titanic in Song' by Dara MacMahon and Gerry Noonan accompanied by Pauline Cooper will be held in the National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dun Laoghaire on Friday 15th June. Tickets cost €10 each…
#TITANIC - This Saturday 26 May, Blanchardstown Library presents a series of talks and discussions on the history of the Titanic. In her talk 'How the Titanic Touched My Family', author Martina Devlin tells the story of her grandmother's uncle Tom…
#TITANIC - Irreverent tech website Gizmodo has marked the 100th annversary of the sinking of the Titanic with a list of the 13 deadliest shipwrecks in history. The list runs the gamut from well over a century ago, in the…
#TITANIC - To mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, JOE.ie sat down with the first Irishman to dive the historic wreckage. In 2000, Rory Golden descended two-and-a-half miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic to witness…
