A commemoration service will be held on Sunday in the Memorial Garden at the County Wexford fishing village of Kilmore Quay to recall the sinking of the City of Cork Steam Packet Company's ship, Lismore, off Hook Head a hundred years ago.
The vessel was bound from Cork to Liverpool with a cargo from Fords of Cork, as well as cattle and sheep aboard. There was a crew of nine, of which only one survived. All animals and cargo were lost.
The only survivor was John Carley from William Street, Wexford, who clung to floating debris and was washed ashore twenty-eight hours after the sinking which happened in the early hours of July 11, 1924. A search by rescue services never recovered any bodies of the rest of the crew.
Reports of the tragedy said the ship had been noticed to be listing to port when sailing from Cork, which increased until it capsized off Hook Head, six nautical miles from Kilmore Quay, where a County Wexford Committee will hold the commemoration on Sunday at 1 p.m. Relatives of crew members from Wexford who died in the sinking are expected to attend as well as representatives of rescue services.
