Delia Henry was born in Athlone in 1894. She lived in Clonown just outside Athlone. In 1912, at the age of 18, she decided to leave Athlone and Ireland. She left to see her aunt Mrs M.S. Curley who lived in Boston.

She boarded Titanic at Queenstown Harbour. Delia was one of the many young passengers that died on the ship. Her body was not identified among those taken from the water after the disaster. However it is possible that she was one of the bodies that couldn't be identified. Still another possibility is that she was one of the bodies buried at sea immediatly after they were recovered by the McKay and Bennett.

Letters from Delia to her Aunt have been discovered and they are in Ireland with her family in Clonown. The letters contain a description of what Delia would have been wearing on docking in America so that her Aunt would recognise her.

Also in the letter Delia repeatedly prays to god for a safe journey. Reading the letter you get a sense of how nervous Delia was before boarding the Titanic. You are also strongly reminded that these are real people who died in a very tragic accident... not just some characters in a film. It is difficult to present an easily read image of the letter so we've provided a transcript below instead.