Honor, known as Nora, was one of seven children born to Thomas Healy and Mary Martin. They lived in Athenry, County Galway, Ireland. Although Nora survived the sinking of the Titanic, she never recovered from the memories of that night, in addition to always having been considered "slightly touched" by her neighbor Andy Keane, who died in the sinking. She had been on her way to meet an aunt and cousin in New York City, but instead was immediately hospitalised upon arriving. In a deep state of shock, she was treated for some time before finally being taken home to Ireland. Initially she seemed to be recovering now that she was in familiar surroundings again, but then ran to the arms of a neighbor and called him her father. The early hopes of her friends and family were dashed when it quickly became clear that she was registering no familiarity with their home and wasn't even showing any empathy towards them. Over time she grew more paranoid and withdrawn and was eventually taken to St. Brigid's psychiatric hospital in Ballinasloe on 9 July 1914. She died at the age of thirty-six, her brain having frozen in time on that traumatic night.
Honor, known as Nora, was one of seven children born to Thomas Healy and Mary Martin. They lived in Athenry, County Galway, Ireland. Although Nora survived the sinking of the Titanic, she never recovered from the memories of that night, in addition to always having been considered "slightly touched" by her neighbor Andy Keane, who died in the sinking. She had been on her way to meet an aunt and cousin in New York City, but instead was immediately hospitalised upon arriving. In a deep state of shock, she was treated for some time before finally being taken home to Ireland. Initially she seemed to be recovering now that she was in familiar surroundings again, but then ran to the arms of a neighbor and called him her father. The early hopes of her friends and family were dashed when it quickly became clear that she was registering no familiarity with their home and wasn't even showing any empathy towards them. Over time she grew more paranoid and withdrawn and was eventually taken to St. Brigid's psychiatric hospital in Ballinasloe on 9 July 1914. She died at the age of thirty-six, her brain having frozen in time on that traumatic night.
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