Cobh Heritage Centre

Today our tour began early as the drive from Killarney to Blarney was going to take a bit of time.

When we arrived in Blarney we were let off at the Blareny Woolen Mills and encouraged to shop there. Some of the older folks on the tour opted to shop but we instead went to Blarney Castle.

My parents had never been there but I had …

... history, the Lusitania was torpedoed off Kinsale in 1915 with the loss of 1500 lives. Also of interest was the Cobh Heritage Center where I saw exhibits on the Titanic & Lusitania & learned more about the rich history of Cobh & Ireland. Oh ...

... that passengers went over on and the conditions that they encountered.  They had all of this in a heritage center at this point because Cobh (Cove or Queenstown) was the place where people disembarked on their journey.  The exhibit went into ...

... Gothic building with prominent spires. Upon return to the point of pick up, we visit the Queenstown Story exhibition in the Cobh Heritage Centre next to the cruise terminal. Queenstown (renamed in later years to Cobh) was the Titanic’s last port of ...

... .  As many as two million Irish citizens fled to escape illness, poverty and death.  We walked around the Cobh heritage centre where film, pictures, and figures were used to retell the stories of suffering for so many people.  We walked ...

... , off-loading mail and exchanging a few passengers before sailing for North America, and its fate.     The Heritage Centre there had great exhibits on several topics.  Most of Ireland's million emigrants sailed from Cobh.   ...

... a mix between Carrot Cake and Fudge- yum. In Cobh (aka Cove, aka Queenstown), we went to a very good heritage centre about the town. Turns out Cobh has a very big port related history: 1) This was the last port the Titanic went to before attempting to ...