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Cobh (/ ˈ k oʊ v / KOHV, Irish: An Cóbh), known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. With a population of 14,418 inhabitants at the 2022 census , [ 2 ] Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and home to Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal .
The "Queenstown Experience", located at the centre, has mostly permanent exhibitions of Irish history. [3] The centre has held exhibits on life in Ireland through the 18th and 19th centuries, mass emigration, the Great Famine, Cork Harbour's defences, [4] on penal transportation to Australia, and on the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. [5]
The Cathedral Church of St. Colman (Irish: Ardeaglais Naomh Colmán), usually known as Cobh Cathedral, or previously Queenstown Cathedral, is a single-spire cathedral in Cobh, Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic cathedral and was completed in 1919.
The first appointment of an "Admiral Commanding in Ireland" or "Commander-in-Chief, Cork" was in 1793. [2] The post remained unfilled between 1831 and 1843. [2] It was renamed "Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown" in 1849 following a visit by Queen Victoria during which she renamed the town of Cobh "Queenstown". [3]
Queenstown Lifeboat Station was located in the seaport town of Cobh, (known as Queenstown between 1849 and 1920), situated to the east of the small Pilots Jetty, just off The Mall, overlooking Cork Harbour, on the south coast of Ireland. [1]
Great Island (Irish: An tOileán Mór) [3] is an island in Cork Harbour, at the mouth of the River Lee and close to the city of Cork, Ireland. The largest town on the island is Cobh (called Queenstown from 1849 to 1920). The island's economic and social history has historically been linked to the naval, ship-building, and shipping activities in ...
Jack Doyle's grave Sinking of RMS Lusitania Memorial. The Old Church Cemetery (also known as Cobh Cemetery) is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland which contains a significant number of important burials, including a number 3 mass graves and several individual graves containing the remains of 193 [1] victims of the passenger ship RMS Lusitania which ...
United States Naval Air Station Queenstown was the first US Naval Air Station established in Ireland. NAS Queenstown was close to the village of Aghada on the eastern side of Cork Harbour (across the harbour from Queenstown/Cobh). NAS Queenstown was commissioned on 22 February 1918 with LCDR Paul J. Peyton, USNRF, Naval Aviator 47 in command ...