Cobh

Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a tourist seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland.

Cobh the last port visited by the RMS Titanic.

After the RMS Lusitania sank in May 1915, its passengers were taken to Cobh.

Name

The port had several Irish language names. It was first called "Cove" in 1750. It was renamed "Queenstown" in 1849 to honor a visit by Queen Victoria. The name was later renamed again, this time to "Cobh".

Cobh Media

• 

  openstreetmap map of Cobh, county Cork, Ireland

• 

  Statue on the waterfront of Annie Moore and her brothers. Annie Moore was the first person to be admitted to the United States of America through the new immigration centre at Ellis Island, New York on 1 January 1892.

• 

  St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh, Ireland. Built between 1865 and 1870 this building is registered on Ireland's National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (Reg. No. 20827192).

• 

  The tower of St. Colman's Cathedral from the streets below

• 

  Titanic Memorial, Westbourne Place, Cobh

• 

  The original pier (as it appeared in 2007) where passengers boarded tenders to the Titanic at its anchorage near the mouth of the harbour. The corner of the office building of the White Star Line can be seen on the right. The building today houses a Titanic museum.

• 

  Cobh, then Queenstown, c. 1890s

• 

  Cobh, County Cork, Ireland

• 

  The waterfront at Cobh, probably c. 1900

• 

  The Navigator sculpture by Mary Gregoriy, located in Cobh