A look around my island(Ireland)

[sabang]

I never made it to Donegal (neighbouring County) but my mothers side comes from the Westport area of county Mayo. Connemara is absolutely gorgeous.

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by flash

they would have been used to lift those four giant smoke stacks onto the Titanic.

I've always wondered why the Titanic sunk so quickly, Irish labor perchance

[jizzybloke]

Didn't all 3 sister ships sink?

[flash]

there were two sister ships of the Titanic, the Britannic, and the Olympic.
The Britannic was sunk by a mine in 1916 somewhere close to Greece.
The Olympic was retired after 24 years of service.

[tayto]

CNN - Memories bittersweet on Titanic's 86th anniversary - April 14, 1998


Construction marked by problems

Photograph of the original Titanic
However, not all memories linked to the ship's construction at Harland and Wolff dockyard are positive ones. The yard's giant yellow gantries still dominate the Belfast skyline; its workers now build oil-drilling ships.
Seventeen workers were killed in accidents while building the Titanic and the ghosts of two -- Danny and Hugh -- are said to be still roaming the old Belfast slipway today.
Part of the Titanic's tale also is intertwined with the troubled history of Northern Ireland and the deep sectarian divide between Protestants and Catholics.
Catholic shipyard workers, the target of Protestant attacks, believed the ship sank because it carried hidden anti-Catholic messages. They claimed the ship bore the number 3909 ON, which when reversed says "No Pope."

[daveboy]

Terrific

[Chong Boy]

great stuff, more please!!!