One of the major transatlantic Irish ports, it was the departure point for 2.5 million of the 6 million Irish that emigrated to North America between 1848 and 1950. The RMS Titanic made her last stop in Cobh (then known as Queenstown) before heading across the Atlantic on her ill_fated journey to New York City.
Cobh is located on the south shore of the Great Island in Cork Harbour, on slopes overlooking the harbor. Its highest point is crowned by the Cathedral of St. Colman. The town was renamed Queenstown when Queen Victoria visited in 1849, but reverted to Cobh in 1922 after Ireland gained its sovereignty.
Several notable ships are associated with the town:
The first steam ship to sail from Ireland to England left Cobh in 1821
The Sirius, the first steam ship to cross the Atlantic, left Cobh in 1838.
The RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat while en route to Queenstown in 1915. The survivors were brought to Queenstown, and many of the dead are also buried there.
The town is effectively the terminus of a railway line through Cork city from Dublin. Regular commuter services run from Cork city to Cobh, stopping at Fota Island along the way.
Cobh is situated on Great Island, one of the three large islands in Cork harbour which are all now joined by roads and bridges - Little Island and
This highly imaginative visitor attraction tells the story of emigration from Cobh in the period of the famine in 1845 up to the era of the great Liners in the 1950s.
Cobh (An Cóbh in Irish, pronounced "cove"; derived from English the cove) is a seaport on the south coast of Ireland, in County Cork, Republic of Ireland (51°51′N 8°18′W).
Cobh is located on the south shore of the Great Island in Cork Harbour, on slopes overlooking the harbour.
Cobh's most successful football team is Cobh Ramblers, the club where Roy Keane (one of Ireland's most successful footballers) made his name and earned a transfer to English side Nottingham Forest.
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