Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2013 19:19:36 GMT -5
“Barry Docks then was to many an MN man the Gateway to the world”
Many sailed from Barry, not just Barrian’s. Most could not return.
Kinsale Mayor, Tomas O Brien said during his term in office: "Many a young Kinsale man left to go to Barry, which to them was the gateway to the world. For some it was the first time they had left their native town, and their families survived on the money they sent home. "Some settled in Barry and have families there today. Many others died in the wars while serving in both the Royal and Merchant Navies." This is Barry. Thursday 1 September 2005
This could be echoed by many towns and villages and is just one example.
Lest We Forget:
There are no flowers on a sailor's tomb,
No welcome home from Flatholm's loom;
Remember those in Neptune's deep,
On granite symbol for souls asleep.
Captain Joe S. Earl.
Remembering: Patrick Joseph Lucey, Scilly, Kinsale who was buried with the many in Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery in Barry, Patrick was lost in 1942.
On the 7th of May 1915, the Cunard liner RMS LUSITANIA was sunk off the Old Head of Kinsale on its way from New York to Liverpool. She was torpedoed by the German submarine U20, with the loss of 1,195 out of 1,959 passengers, some of whom are now buried at St. Multose Church in Kinsale.
One body though details are lost in time has been remembered as recovered or wash up and interred at Merthyr Dyfan, Barry.
Kinsale, Cork, Southern Ireland has historic worldwide maritime links, many do not know or realise that the Lusitania was lost just a few miles from the Irish Coast just off the Old Head of Kinsale.
Kinsale has entered into Friendship Pacts with both the Merchant Navy Association (Wales) Barry Branch and the Kinsale Harbour Board Commission and fishing community etc. More recently a similar friendship has been realised and signed between the joint towns of Kinsale and her celtic cousin, Barry.
Many sailed from Barry, not just Barrian’s. Most could not return.
Kinsale Mayor, Tomas O Brien said during his term in office: "Many a young Kinsale man left to go to Barry, which to them was the gateway to the world. For some it was the first time they had left their native town, and their families survived on the money they sent home. "Some settled in Barry and have families there today. Many others died in the wars while serving in both the Royal and Merchant Navies." This is Barry. Thursday 1 September 2005
This could be echoed by many towns and villages and is just one example.
Lest We Forget:
There are no flowers on a sailor's tomb,
No welcome home from Flatholm's loom;
Remember those in Neptune's deep,
On granite symbol for souls asleep.
Captain Joe S. Earl.
Remembering: Patrick Joseph Lucey, Scilly, Kinsale who was buried with the many in Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery in Barry, Patrick was lost in 1942.
On the 7th of May 1915, the Cunard liner RMS LUSITANIA was sunk off the Old Head of Kinsale on its way from New York to Liverpool. She was torpedoed by the German submarine U20, with the loss of 1,195 out of 1,959 passengers, some of whom are now buried at St. Multose Church in Kinsale.
One body though details are lost in time has been remembered as recovered or wash up and interred at Merthyr Dyfan, Barry.
Kinsale, Cork, Southern Ireland has historic worldwide maritime links, many do not know or realise that the Lusitania was lost just a few miles from the Irish Coast just off the Old Head of Kinsale.
Kinsale has entered into Friendship Pacts with both the Merchant Navy Association (Wales) Barry Branch and the Kinsale Harbour Board Commission and fishing community etc. More recently a similar friendship has been realised and signed between the joint towns of Kinsale and her celtic cousin, Barry.