James Farrell was born in 1886 in Cloonee, Co Longford, Ireland, one of nine children in a Roman Catholic farming family

He boarded Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger with a £7 ticket (£1,000, $1,250 today)

He was acquainted with several others from Longford including the 3 Kates, Kate Gilnagh, Kate Mullins, and Kate Murphey. (played by Liz Leclerc, Siggy Bijou, and Mackenzie Wrape)

During the sinking, James stopped a crew member from preventing the women from going to the boats threatening to punch him, shouting “For God’s sake man, let the girls past to the boats, at least!” 

He gave Kate Gilnagh his cap and she later would refer to him as her guardian angel. (Kate Gilnagh is a real person likely combined with another real person Kate McGowan to create the character played by Liz Leclerc)

James died in the disaster, his body was recovered by the MacKay Bennet (#68) and he was buried at sea on April 24th, 1912

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