Cobh is a about 7-8 miles from where I live, and in spite of it's proximity I haven't really taken many photos there.
Cobh has a long and colorful history attached to it, Not all of which I'm going to go into here.Suffice it to say that almost everywhere you look in Cobh there is something of historic significance.
It was here on May 7th 1915 that the survivors and victims of the Lusitania were brought ashore.She had been hit by a German torpedo just off the Old Head of Kinsale.
Cobh was also a major embarkation port for men, women and children who were deported to penal colonies such as Australia.The Cobh Heritage Center has as much information as you need, and is defiantly worth a visit.
One of the major transatlantic Irish ports, Cobh was the departure point for 2.5 million of the six million Irish people who emigrated to North America between 1848 and 1950.
On 11 April 1912 Cobh or Queenstown as it was known at the time, was the final port of call for the RMS Titanic as she set out across the Atlantic on her ill-fated maiden voyage.
Local lore has it that a Titanic crew member John Coffey, a native of Queenstown, jumped ship although there is no record of him on the crew list. 123 passengers boarded in all; only 44 survived the sinking.
One thing that always strikes me about Cobh.As I mentioned before, the town is steeped in history.Arguably the Titanic story is one of it's more prominent stories, but there really isn't a whole lot for people to see.Yes there is the Titanic restaurant, and the Cobh heritage center, but the remains of the dock which the passengers of the Titanic boarded the tender, is almost falling apart,and unless you ask someone,there aren't any signs or other indicators of this historic little dock.I visited Southampton some years ago ,and they seemed to make a very big deal of there association with the Titanic.It's an awful pity that it's not the same in Cobh.
Lots of more info on Cobh Here
It was here on May 7th 1915 that the survivors and victims of the Lusitania were brought ashore.She had been hit by a German torpedo just off the Old Head of Kinsale.
The Monument to Remember the Victims of The Lusitania
One of the major transatlantic Irish ports, Cobh was the departure point for 2.5 million of the six million Irish people who emigrated to North America between 1848 and 1950.
On 11 April 1912 Cobh or Queenstown as it was known at the time, was the final port of call for the RMS Titanic as she set out across the Atlantic on her ill-fated maiden voyage.
The Dock where the passengers boarded the tender for the Titanic
Local lore has it that a Titanic crew member John Coffey, a native of Queenstown, jumped ship although there is no record of him on the crew list. 123 passengers boarded in all; only 44 survived the sinking.
One thing that always strikes me about Cobh.As I mentioned before, the town is steeped in history.Arguably the Titanic story is one of it's more prominent stories, but there really isn't a whole lot for people to see.Yes there is the Titanic restaurant, and the Cobh heritage center, but the remains of the dock which the passengers of the Titanic boarded the tender, is almost falling apart,and unless you ask someone,there aren't any signs or other indicators of this historic little dock.I visited Southampton some years ago ,and they seemed to make a very big deal of there association with the Titanic.It's an awful pity that it's not the same in Cobh.
Lots of more info on Cobh Here
The boarding dock for the Irish Navel Personnel
The old Town Hall, although now it's a Chinese Restaurant!
JFK Memorial Park
