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  2. Cobh - Wikipedia

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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. Tourism in the area ...

  3. Cobh Heritage Centre - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  4. Great Island - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Belvelly Castle - Wikipedia

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    Belvelly Castle in 2021. Belvelly Castle is a 14th [1] or 15th-century [2] tower house in County Cork, Ireland.It is situated next to the small village of Belvelly, opposite and overlooking the only road bridge connecting Fota Island to Great Island (on which the town of Cobh is situated).

  6. Eichardt's Hotel - Wikipedia

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    Eichardt‘s Private Hotel is located on the corner of Marine Parade and Ballarat Street, Queenstown, New Zealand, on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Eichardt’s is a significant local landmark, and is listed as a Category Two historic place by the Historic Places Trust. [1] Eichardt's building in Queenstown

  7. Fota Island - Wikipedia

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    Although Foaty is the spelling fixed in the nineteenth century by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Fota is now more common. The origin of the name is uncertain. [5] It may be of Hiberno-Norse origin, with second element Old Norse oy "island"; Donnchadh Ó Corráin suggests fódr oy "foot island", from its position at the mouth of the River Lee down from Cork city; some medieval references have ...

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