Miss Rooney was trying to visit her ill mother, who lived in Manor Hamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, when the boat she was traveling on, the RMS Lusitania, was hit by a torpedo, 8 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard.
Miss Rooney was trying to visit her ill mother, who lived in Manor Hamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, when the boat she was traveling on, the RMS Lusitania, was hit by a torpedo, 8 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard.
Inscription
"Who lost her life on the S.S. Lusitania"
Erected in Memory of
MARY ROONEY
Who lost her life on
the S.S. Lusitania May 7, 1915
Her Sister
DELIA ROONEY
Died 22 Dec 1913
Her Brother
PATRICK ROONEY
Died Feb 1, 1908
Gravesite Details
s/w Delia Rooney & Patrick Rooney
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