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This day 105 years ago - 7 May 1915 - 1,198 people died when the Lusitania ocean liner was torpedoed by a U-boat 11 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale. Among the dead were Cork-born art collector Hugh Lane, and Alfred Vanderbilt. 94 children, including 31 infants, also perished.

This day 105 years ago - 7 May 1915 - 1,198 people died when the Lusitania ocean liner was torpedoed by a U-boat 11 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale. Among the dead were Cork-born art collector Hugh Lane, and Alfred Vanderbilt. 94 children, including 31 infants, also perished.