From a hand written letter in our collection, a woman writes that as a child living close to Belfast, she wathced as the famous Titanic was being built. Her father and brother both attended the launch by invitation of the Lord Mayor. Altough this has not been verified, she states that just before the maiden voyage she remembers several pasengers and crew stayed at the Slieve Donard Hotel in Newcastle, Ireland, as seen in this 1910 Cigarette card.