The heroism of a Tipperary stewardess lost on the Titanic is being remembered by her great-grandson.
Catherine Walsh , 32was one of more than 1,500 people who died when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912,
Adrian Nesbitt, who lives in Sydney, Australia, has devoted years to researching his great-grandmother, who
comforted stranded passengers during that tragic night.
Catherine, from Clonmel, Co Tipperary, was married with one child but adopted a single persona to increase her chances of getting work on the striken liner.
She had wanted to save enough money for the family to move the United States.
Her daughter Kathleen, Adrian Nesbitt's grandmother, was born in 1908.
Nesbitt discovered a reference to his great-grandmother in 'Titanic Voices' by Alastair Forsyth.
She is remembered by a passanger as being kind and helpful.
Catherine's duty station on the liner's F deck meant that she was close to where the lifeboats loaded passengers — but she clearly decided to stay at her post.
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