What Happened To The Unknown Passengers On The Titanic?

In April 1912, 14 people from the parish of Addergoole in County Mayo, Ireland, set sail for America aboard the RMS Titanic, seeking better lives. The villagers of Addergoole held "American wakes" for the emigrants, symbolic ceremonies marking the departure and likely permanent separation from their families. When the Titanic struck an iceberg, the Addergoole 14 were initially told to stay calm and remain in steerage, but eventually faced chaos and difficulty accessing lifeboats due to class barriers. The group was notably organized; however, 11 of the 14 passengers from Addergoole did not survive.
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[@Lisapookiebear]

One of my family members left from Ireland on the Titanic as a teenager. She was with 2 of her friends and were very poor. They didn’t make it. But I mention her when I can, so never forgotten. Rip Katherine Hargadon

[@krmccarrell]

Rest in peace, our Irish cousins. Thank you for sharing your personal history.

[@PenelopeTillman-c2r]

So sorry 😔😢😢😢

[@evlovesjesus]

😢❤

[@grose2272]

😢😢😢

[@gonefishing167]

As long as someone speaks your name, you are never forgotten. Teach your children and your children’s children. Bless her 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[@zxy78267]

This is a whole new perspective on the tragedy. I love that the families are preserving their stories for generations to come.

[@susanh3342]

That is very important, people need to know their history 😊

[@Mjmjm2]

Such a great yet tragic story. This gave me a lot of realizations about life, what an honor to live life, be alive, and be free. My heart goes to all the 14 of them, their relatives & all of those who perished in the titanic.

[@sarahpainter7969]

This video is so amazing and very, very interesting, and I can only say thank you for telling their stories. They are not forgotten!

[@krmccarrell]

Rest in peace, our Irish cousins.

[@patriciamariecunningham306]

They did find a better life, they found Heaven

[@54321-p]

My Irish Grandmother emigrated 2 years before the Titanic sailed. She traveled 3rd class-all by herself but she had the name and address of her maternal uncle (a requirement for most women traveling alone). She lived to 103 years old and never returned to Ireland.

[@lauracarrolldebolt9233]

My great grandmother sailed alone on Luisiana 6 months before Titanic. She was 17 and carried the name and address of of a sister who had come the year before and was working as a domestic. I remember her a little (she lived to be 95). She was the baby of several sisters who scattered from Australia to London to Chicago. The money they sent home kept her in school. She was proud of 3 things 1) she had never worked as domestic 2) she raised a son for the priesthood and another who became financially and socially successful.

[@genevievetaylor9505]

How brave how old was she when she left Ireland? Kinda sad she never went home to visit.

[@sueloftus9395]

I was able to go to Ireland in 2016. Thanks to my daughters. I d promised my Grandmother when l was a little girl, that someday ld go back for her. Because she never could. She married and had 9 boys, 1 girl . She never got to return to County Sligo, but l did. Visited the cemetery there for her as l promised so long ago.

[@54321-p]

@@sueloftus9395 Nice. I was in Sligo in '96. Stayed at a very cool B and B and got to view a bible that was written in the 1500's. Went to mass and the whole thing was 35 minutes from start to finish. My B and B lady said it would be....

[@siridanicak3997]

​@@sueloftus9395Nice, I'm sure it was an amazing experience for you. Leaving home for good must have been terrifying and sad. ❤

[@jenniferlevine5406]

Wonderful that this story is being told and so much care has gone into this. It's a wonderful memorial for this incredible, and very sad story.

[@kembracaraker6606]

That was by far one of the best stories I've ever heard about the Titanic survivors and those who were lost. Thank you so much for sharing about your families, and please accept our sympathies for your losses.❤

[@susanradford5787]

Watch “Hero’s of the Titanic” very good Storie focuses a lot on the men who kept the electric on

[@DeidreL9]

My relative passed in this. Writing from Australia, R.I. P. Edward Lockyer🙏

[@siridanicak3997]

Rest In Peace Edward ❤

[@KarenFlanagan-s7z]

This was the best experience in terms of understanding what the actual passengers went through the night the Titanic sank . Well done but respectful at the same time.

[@heatherpesterfield8121]

Thank you for sharing this story about the titanic . White star didn’t care for the passengers all they cared about was not being sued by the survivors The pain and loss of family members must have been unbearable

[@RianShafer]

I grew up hearing about The Titanic and did see the movie. Who we heard about & saw were the rich & famous not these people who had their lives & stories. This was a good piece to talk about the 14 they knew about. As long as their lives & stories are told they are not forgotten.

[@karenkomoroski6490]

Don't you think it's funny?All the rich people survives men jumping in the boat instead of women, just so they don't have to die.They let the poor suffer.What a today my heart goes out to the one who died

[@Sunshine-se6yn]

Fascinating video telling the back stories of some of the passengers. It’s the first such video I’ve seen. These stories needed to be told. It was very interesting to hear their descendants talk about their lives after being rescued. Most of them didn’t ever want to talk about the Titanic. Many of their descendants got to know the survivors. I’m astonished at the way they were able to put the tragedy behind them and make a life for themselves in America. The remembrance ceremony by the people of Addergoole especially the ringing of the bell brought tears to my eyes.

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

Yes always been way too much focus on the wealthy

[@sandratooker1144]

My mother was Irish, and her grandmother came over on a Schooner across the prairie. But my mother's mother talked about the sinking of the Titanic. She was a preteen at the time, and it affected the whole world when it happened. It was a definite horrible disaster of that time.😢😢😢😢😢

[@sallykohorst8803]

Very nice video thanks and so sad too. RIP TOO ALL THE LOST SOULS.

[@susanverhoeven4962]

The ritual created by the town they left from is very touching and authentic. I commend the parcipitants.

[@Tascountrygirl]

Heartbreaking story, especially because of the impossibly difficult situation in Ireland.

[@mattwilliam5522]

There was something erotic and sensual about it tho

[@jasbegs1258]

Fascinating- Rest in Peace.

[@FlorrieHaggis]

That was so interesting and heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing their stories.

[@jacquelinea3358]

A very nice reenactment. And thank God for the young women who survived to tell their stories...only 3 from a group of 14 from Ireland.Thank you for presenting this very poignant story from Titanic passengers who were not famous or millionaires.

[@Brock_Landers]

So sad, I have been researching Titanic for the last 35 years of my life and while I've yearned to learn more about the ship, you tend to lose sight of the people whose lives were affected by this tragedy. It wasn't until I saw a demonstration of 1500 people who had gathered in a city square to show just what 1500 people looked like gathered together that I realized just what the loss was like. Then you have to think about how many families were affected, entire families wiped out, so many people from so many different towns and countries who were never seen again because they drowned in the North Atlantic that fateful night of April 14th-15th, 1912. I have said it time and time again, but God bless the victims of and the families affected by the sinking of Titanic.

[@hettyjames5111]

Thank you for this amazing and interesting video!

[@maryannaphinney3188]

This was so interesting and so very sad. I really appreciated it so much.

[@courtneyriley185]

Truth does not fear investigation

[@jbsang54]

My namesake, Charles Edward Sangster, was a newly hired Fireman from the Olympic ship. He went down but his body was recovered and buried in Nova Scotia.

[@rachelray2631]

Absolutely fantastic documentary

[@KathleenWorkman]

The Irish 14 😢❤😢 I've seen this documentary over n over again for the last couple years . Very well done. Never seems to not blow my mind . One of my favorite ❤ documentaries about the Titanic passengers ❤😢❤ and Titanic❤😢❤

[@Paul-zo3or]

I'm from Belfast. I think I always knew Titanic was built at Harland& Wolff shipyard, but I remember at primary school in east Belfast looking out the school window at Kerrsland Crescent and looking at the houses where Titanic deceased had lived while I read the names and addresses of local victims left by a teacher who had an interest. I think it's great to remember, I don't know what I think of the Titanic tourist attraction. It may be the most iconic shipwreck, but there have been so many others also with such great loss of life. May the universe walk with all of us however we travel, and particularly at sea.

[@Hilooknofurther]

Beautifully presented, very moving.

[@donnangatai9281]

Watching from New Zealand 🇳🇿 so so sad 😞

[@atlantisrising100]

That was so beautifully done. Thank you.

[@joyslabaugh8286]

It is, heart breaking to have hopes, dashed.

[@genevievetaylor9505]

I think it’s sad so many people left Ireland bc most of their descendants don’t even know their family history or the traditions.

[@jean1959]

Incredibly sad story.

[@ritagoforth2317]

When I think of my ancestors and think how brave they were!! My goodness!! Another country!

[@patriciabandeko3842]

The treatment of 3rd class passengers before during and after the sinking by White Star Lines was shameful. It's blocking of escape paths was nothing short of murder. They only cared about the lives of wealthy passengers. 😡

[@Inessence4]

Even in death. They only brought the bodies of the wealthy back to be buried because their families could pay.

[@joanbaczek2575]

Yeah I don’t understand why that’s not covered more!

[@anneoconnor8741]

My mom was brought up in Connemara, born in early 1930s. Moved to Dublin for work, then to London with my Dad. But went home in her 60s. She bought enough land from my uncle for a nice house and garden. Mom and Dad talked often about aunts and uncles who left for America, and then it was really like they died, just a few letters afterwards. I recognise the tales of poverty as well, it is why my mom went to Dublin, and then both of them to London.I My sister was born in England and moved to Ireland with her husband, and has had a good life. Ireland is such a good prosperous place now. As a country the Irish have suffered so much, losing so many of their best peop!e to emigration. I am so de!ighted that now most young Irish can stay at home and find good jobs. I am proud to have been born there, even though my home is not there, part of my heart a!says will be.

[@IngridC-m4t]

I'm so happy to hear that Ireland is doing well! Because in America, it's been destroyed by the Biden administration! 😢😢😢😢😢

[@tundrawomansays694]

Never mind the political bots. Thanks for sharing!

[@PenelopeTillman-c2r]

Thank you for sharing this with us 😊🙏

[@susanh3342]

My great grandparents were from Ireland. They settled in Boston, my grandmother used to take us there a lot.

[@mrslondy]

Dear Irish people, may God bless you all together! ❤with love from Russia

[@RBAILEY57]

A higher proportion of first class men survived than the steerage children. It was an atrocity.

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

This video gives a clue as to why. The first class passengers knew about the need to get into boats sooner snd had access to the boats earlier and longer. It’s likely many first class men were loaded on the boats before the third class passengers were even up on the boat deck.

[@CVenza]

I heard some time ago that survivors were prohibited from talking about the Titanic experience. I can only imagine why. 🤔RIP

[@phoebenichols5581]

Let’s not forget about the baby that was lost and she was carrying

[@gemmawilson9227]

11 people died and all you care about is an unborn baby? Sorry but the woman's life is more valuable until the baby is born. That unborn "baby" didn't even take a breath. The woman had family and friends who loved her.

[@sunshinejewel2952]

@@gemmawilson9227wow you are disrespectful and cruel disregarding a child. So what if someone wants to mourn the unborn baby. You sound sick.

[@butterfly3ffects]

⁠@@gemmawilson9227geez, why did this comment upset you so much?

[@cherdav22]

@@gemmawilson9227such a rude comment.

[@rachelburton8689]

@@gemmawilson9227seriously

[@bejoyful]

Watched many documentaries of the Titanic; never heard she was never christened; may all those souls be rejoicing together in Heaven.

[@LilyRose37.]

White starline never christened any of their ships

[@sunshinejewel2952]

@@LilyRose37.and it’s really a shame.

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

Unfortunately once we die, that’s it. Religions are made up stories for comfort but are written by men. Whennn will people stop with the stories?

[@jilliansmaniotto2326]

@@sunshinejewel2952…why is it a shame? white star had no more sinkings or tragedies than other lines did. cunard christened their ships, but that didn’t stop the Lusitania from sinking. the Empress of Ireland was christened, but that didn’t stop it from sinking and killing over 1000 people. christening has nothing to do with anything.

[@jilliansmaniotto2326]

what does it matter it wasn’t christened? the White Star Line never christened their ships. many companies didn’t.

[@AlysonMcNulty]

I am part Irish and Titanic has long been an interest of mine.

[@alison2649]

I heard the least expensive ticket for the ship was $300. $300 back then was several thousand now days. Where did they get that money?

[@willhennigan7331]

Good question that's what I'd like to know to

[@melaniepemberton2882]

It said that steerage cost £7.

[@saradenn7678]

Or from relatives sending money from America for passage.

[@joanbaczek2575]

Steerage was 7 pound they got the money by other emigrants who sent money back from the US

[@DeborahWitt-rx7je]

Rest in piece ❤

[@MrSeanathanz1]

Peace!!OMG.

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

Can you imagine being told to sit still and stay calm and await further instructions… listening and following directions just to find out it’s too late and you don’t have a chance at getting on a boat..

[@gonefishing167]

Thank you, that last ceremony they have in the village is lovely. It’s wonderful they at least had full bellies snd good accommodations, doesn’t help but -. I heard you say the name Flynn. My mother’s forebears came from county cork to Australia in 1848. Not the same town but it was good to hear the name said. Poor boy 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[@IngridC-m4t]

As an American I am so sorry the victims didn't make it to our great America at that time! Now, you wouldn't want to be here in 2024😢

[@netteaiken3115]

Oh the one you stole from the natives and murdered them for land your ancestors never paid taxes on. Crazy to be so proud

[@Ladybird22373]

Why ?

[@yankeeedandy]

@@Ladybird22373incompetent marxist leaders coupled with over half the country being idiots who vote for these incompetent “leaders.” God help us.

[@thisoldnurse1521]

I’m Canadian and I feel your pain. At one point in my life when I was just starting out my Mom’s sister (also a Canadian) was married and living in the United States. I thought hard about it and I am so thankful that I stayed in my home country despite all the enticements that the US hospitals were dangling in front of us Canadian university nursing graduates. I ended up getting very ill with an autoimmune illness in my mid forties and the medication I required was thousands of dollars per month. That illness was just one illness. I was unable to work. I had so wanted to return to work however, I know that will never happen and now I am 65. If I was in the United States I don’t know what would have happened to me. I shudder to think and the devision in the country and the fact that there is even a possibility that a known convicted felon can run and win the office of the presidency is mind blowing. We get CNN and FOX and all of the US network news here in Canada. I feel for the people who are as stunned as I am at this outcome, that one of the major parties continues to support a mysoginistic bigot and felon. I recall a time where everyone respected whoever became president despite what party they belonged to because candidates were sensible and you may not agree with their politics and policies but in four years you have a chance to voice your opinion on their job performance. Within the coming year ( hopefully not this fall) we will be giving a performance appraisal on our Prime Minister and well, we have Liberals (Trudeau) red, Conservatives Not impressed with their candidate choice blue and the New Democrats ( Singh) and orange is their colour. (So we are in a predicament but nobody is a convicted felon).. it’s frightening to think what may happen in the United States.

[@chrislewis4241]

Of course you do, still the greatest country in the world!!

[@suevine2288]

The people should talk more about the 25$ that was given the ship should still be accountable

[@robertbarron4274]

Titanic was not the fastest ship at the time. That record was held by Cunard’s Mauretania from1909 to 1929. White Star decided that rather than offering passengers the fastest passage,they’d offer them the most luxurious and largest vessels. Mauretania was about 31,000 tons and Titanic, 46,000.

[@peacefulone4461]

Truly, every life touches every other life.

[@KevinCally]

R.I.P 🙏🕊🕊

[@sarahedwards7497]

I always thought it was strange growing up that people are so obsessed with the Titanic yet there were tons of ships that sank over the course of history

[@sunshinejewel2952]

Because it was the highest tech and fanciest at the time.

[@CristinaOwen-x1h]

This video fantastic me. Because my father been hiding how we got here. I am born here but I am Irish myself. Our last name is Gowen but my father said our real last name is McGowan. The father never told me why it was changed to Gowen. When I was growing up my father never seem happy. I knew he was hiding something but what? Now I have been married for 26 years my husband is from Guatemala. My grown children ask from time to time about my nationally. I have 3 children and to grandchildren. Something about this video makes me feel like my father is hiding something about this but he doesn't like to tell about it.

[@Nova-c5k]

38:02 $25???? 😢😡 Pure evil!

[@golden8972]

Typical corporation.

[@davinp]

Before Titanic, her sister ship Olympic was built

[@natureatitsbest751]

God Bless the ones that perished and the families that were left behind. 🙏🏻

[@yours2injesus2]

HOW SAD

[@annward6862]

❤❤❤😢

[@Madinfidelprepper]

The poors died

[@user-randi1987]

Very, very sad

[@patrickrichmond9896]

Ships are wonderful pieces of machinery. But when it comes to trying to stop a ship, once you get it going at full speed, it somehow doesn't want to stop. I am sure that after the sinking of the Titanic, that some of the sweeping safety changes would include no more denying 3rd class passengers from accessing the lifeboats.

[@janinedemko3753]

Iam looking for èney information on mr baliey or any relatives. Mr baliey died on titanic

[@TheSkydancer28]

hi my name is PJ and I live in south west florida my mom's family were also aboard the titanic we have some Mcdermott's in the family that came over with the Martin family members they would return to Ireland and bring more Mcdermott's over to America I do not know my family only what little my sister has been able to find if any of the Mcdermott's see this would you contact me I am interested in finding out if you may or maynot be my missing family.

[@sunshinejewel2952]

God will not be mocked. Titanic was the only ship to not be christened and the white star lined even mocked God by saying that he couldn’t even sink it. God showed up unfortunately and the ship sank. It’s unfortunate so many souls had to die. And who are these men in the video talking about superstition? The Irish had it right receiving prophesies and warnings from the Lord. How dare they disrespect religion in this video especially when it turned out to be correct. RIP to these lovely ladies and gentlemen. This was a beautiful yet sobering story and I loved hearing such an in depth experience.

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

Frick. Stop with the religion stuff. There is no such thing as God. The ship sank because men screwed up over and over.

[@joanbaczek2575]

3 boats were missing plugs too

[@robinblack3865]

Tooo many commercials!!!!

[@Ccyawn123]

I didn't see a single one🧐 What are you on about ? 🤨

[@bethzolin6046]

This was first broadcast of the Addergoole 14 - very annoying to click on this and find I’ve already seen it, excellent though it is.

[@intensetwitch7556]

I will watch this video over and over again such an amazing facts and stories 🤍

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

It’s weird they didn’t mention Canada in this. Soooo many Irish ppl went to Canada. Both sides of my family were Irish immigrants. Life was just horrible over there.. such suffering. Families were miserable and full of abuse..

[@tonylarussa4046]

An extremely large portion of them died! That is what happened to the unknown passengers on the Titanic. Give me a break!!

[@joanbaczek2575]

They meant what it was like up too that point

[@ceciliaow4253]

This video is similar to the one released a year ago. How class based evacuation policies led to more deaths. Why the repetition?

[@susanbelida6981]

❤❤ Lord bless them all and keep them held close to you. The Irish built the Titanic and the Brits sunk her.😢

[@paulcreed-r2n]

Seen plenty of comments from Irish folks saying STOP THE BOATS since the new economic migration wave in these times, i imagine the native folks of their land thought the same what with having their homes/land stolen etc. 2024 & nobody in their right minds trusts the Irish at tarmac drive work when they knock on your door.

[@carlosborrasetaylor7630]

❤

[@Yoyoma27]

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[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

I feel like the ..putting iceberg ice into your drink stories are apocryphal. Like.. would any of us want to drink that? No.

[@jeaniehyer7920]

Not only that, it was salt water!

[@joanbaczek2575]

And a good way to get hypothermia

[@jessicacole5077]

Why 14? 3 made it and went on to have families. Or is it because they have all now passed?

[@mattwilliam5522]

Those people be evil and nasty

[@IngridC-m4t]

The Titanic luxury was a facade because it was buildt on sub standard wood, and steel leaving it vulnerable to the ocean and it's icebergs! So awful and so tragic! 😢

[@LilyRose37.]

No it wasn’t

[@Ccyawn123]

No it wasn't

[@susanradford5787]

When I heard people putting America down I remind them people died to come to the greatest country in the world

[@IngridC-m4t]

To get her hat? Omg and she survived? Did she deserve it? O Wow did her Aunt deserve to die? Because she had to get her hat?

[@clairebunt5887]

😢😢😢

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

Why do ppl always have to bring religion into everything? Have your own beliefs but stop projecting that onto everyone and everything else. It wasn’t a deity that made this ship sink. It was a series of errors made by men. Period.

[@IngridC-m4t]

Was an avoidable accident due to the sub standard building materials ! I hope they were sued! 😢😢😢

[@LilyRose37.]

Wrong there was nothing wrong with the building materials

[@IngridC-m4t]

Dont ever test God. Thats why it sank! 😢

[@KathleenWorkman]

Along with others bad choices made 😢❤😢

[@sunshinejewel2952]

Exactly!! They mocked God and paid the price.

[@sunshinejewel2952]

@@KathleenWorkmanyea like not christening it.

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

Stop. Why do ppl always bring religious crap into everything? All religions are made up stories to get ppl to do certain things and to provide comfort about death. Pure fiction. Period. The ship sank because it had design flaws, men made mistakes and it hit an iceberg. No deity was involved.

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

@@sunshinejewel2952Do you realize how profoundly stupid this sounds??? Like. This is what someone in Ancient Rome would’ve said before they understood anything about the world.

[@golden8972]

They were all murdered.

[@clarkgable2733]

Lifeboats were for first and second class. Third class did not pay enough for lifeboats use.

[@grannyannie2948]

It was more complicated than that. The ship had more life boats than required. And so many men gave up their lives so women and children could survive, including wealthy men for third class women and children. And life on board the third class on Titanic was splendid until it sank. Comfortable cabins with running water, central heating and electric lighting. A breakfast of porridge, eggs and ham, kippers, and bread and marmalade. Dinner of soup, roast meat and vegetables, and pudding followed by fruit. Tea time meal of cold meats, cheese, bread and butter, and a second pudding. If only it didn't sink.

[@LilyRose37.]

That’s completely false

[@Ccyawn123]

Clark Gable would never have said that

[@brynnharris-hamm1321]

This isn’t factual.

[@joanbaczek2575]

No they removed a lot of life boats in design phase cuz it took up too much space! What a shame!