Castletown Steam Navigation Company appointment had been in the employ of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company serving on the "Mona's Queen" with the rank of First Officer. In order to maximise revenue the Castletown Steam Navigation Company would also serve Douglas. In March 1856 the company commenced a service from Douglas via Castletown to Kingstown, and also served Holyhead from Castletown. In the summer of 1856 excursions were also organised from Castletown via Peel to Strangford Lough so as people could attend the Ardglass Regatta. At a meeting held at the Union Hotel, Castletown, on Monday 11 August 1856, a gift in
St. Mary, Star of the Sea (Baltimore, Maryland) St. Mary, Star of the Sea (Baltimore, Maryland) St. Mary, Star of the Sea is a Roman Catholic Church in the Federal Hill South neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The church venerates "Stella Maris", Our Lady, Star of the Sea, and carries a beacon atop its spire to welcome sailors to the Port of Baltimore. In the late 1800s, the South Baltimore peninsula was populated by immigrant Irish and German communities. The expanding population worked primarily as sailors, shipbuilders, and workers on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad around the point. A direct passenger rout ran by Norddeutscher Lloyd between Bremen to