RMS Leinster Wreath Laying Ceremony

This month Cllr. Jim O’Leary, Cathaoirleach, laid a wreath to mark the 106th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Leinster. Wreaths were also laid by representatives from the RMS Leinster Memorial Committee, the National Maritime Museum, the governments of Wales and Scotland, the embassies of Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

The ceremony also included representatives from an Garda Síochána, the Irish Coastguard, the RNLI, the Dublin Fire Brigade, the Irish Red Cross, the Order of Malta, St. John Ambulance Ireland, the Communications Workers Union, and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. David Cotter of the RMS Leinster Memorial Committee led the ceremony with reflections from Joe Varley of the National Maritime Museum, Richard Cruise, and Michael Lee, whose granduncle, Robert Ernest Lee, after helping people to safety, died in the sinking.