One of the most successful movies of all time - Titanic - is to be reworked, but this time the seaside town of Cobh in Cork Harbour will be featured. In both the original and the most recent blockbuster, Cobh, the final destination of the Titanic before it crossed the Atlantic, was scarcely mentioned.
This led to some angst in the town and repeated calls from local historians to rectify the position. Mr Ralph White, the diver who helped discover the wreck of the Titanic in 1985, was in Cobh for a ceremony yesterday to announce details of an 18-stage walking trail, backed by European funding, to commemorate the Titanic's connection with Cobh.
Some 122 people left Cobh on the vessel's final voyage and 78 of them died in the sinking. Yesterday ,it was revealed that Jim Cameron, the director of the film, was finalising a new version to be released at Christmas which will feature Cobh. Since the film was launched, Cobh has become a major centre of tourism, particularly for those with connections to the Titanic.
The local Chamber of Tourism, under its chairman, Mr Michael Martin, says the town has reaped a rich reward.
Mr Martin said: "The trail is just another element of a package that will bring more and more people here to a port that has enjoyed a great maritime history.
The availability of European funds to the East Cork Area Development Company has been crucial and we believe this will benefit the town on an on-going basis.
Mr White said that as well as the tourist trail, a new two-hour video on the making of the Titanic movie would be available for release next September.
20th Century Fox, which made the film, had a crew in Cobh yesterday to record the commemoration ceremony.
One of the highlights was that Ms Melviana Deane, who was only nine months old when her father put her into a lifeboat as the Titanic sank.
While Ms Deane has of course no memory of what happened in the Atlantic in 1912 she has been asked to speak at Titanic events worldwide.