Cobh Museum

... the rain that fell in the County of Cork. It had been raining for over a week when we docked in the southern harbor of Cobh, Ireland. It is true that Ireland is the Green Emerald Isle and all of the green comes from the frequent Irish rains. So for all ...

... the scotch and Marilynn couldn't drink any of them... Then we returned to Cobh to see The Queenstown Story, a museum devoted to Cobh's long history including being an emigration departure port during the 1846 famine and for convicts transported to ...

... Titanic sailed from, and also a major port for Irish emigration during the famine.  After arriving, we checked out one of the museums near the train station, and then just walked around town.  Cobh isn't a very big town, and it only took a few ...

... exhibit. Cobh's history is so intertwined with the sea. It was one of the main exodus points for emmigrants leaving Ireland during the famine. A lot of the exhibit deals with the conditions before, during and after an emmigrants crossing to the US ...

... Lusitania (WW1) was torpedoed right outside the harbour, and 3) Most of the immigrants who left Ireland (mostly during the Great Famine), left from Cobh (including the first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island). Consequently, the history was quite ...