Heritage Centre County Cork

County Cork , Ireland
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  • 1

    Still in Crosshaven

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    ... for Gina). Cobh (aka Queenstown) was the last port of call for both the Titanic and the Lusitania. They had and excellent Heritage Centre explaining the history of the town. Since then we have had to return the car, make spare windvanes for Jeck ...

  • 2

    Dia duit (Hello) from Ireland

    ... 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 ...

  • 3

    Sinking ships in the Atlantic Ocean

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    ... 20 minutes then we reboarded the bus to go to the converted Victorian rail station which was called "The Queenstown Story Heritage Center."  It was really well designed and aurally/visually stimulating.  It made us get the impression that we ...

  • 4

    Who took my plastic lips?

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    ... 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 ...

  • 5

    Ballincollig, Co. Cork

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    ... cap even when there doesn’t seem to be enough sun around for it to burn. Our final stop on the drive was at the Heritage Centre in Cobh (pronounced Cove) where Tom found a replacement cap and, joy of joys, a packet of two polo shirts just like the ...

  • 6

    Dance like the Irish

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    ... .  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 ...

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    Kilmountain, County Cork

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    Today was cold and wet.  We drove to the Cobh (pronounced Cove) Heritage Centre which is in the old railway station.  It has an exhibition about the Irish emigrants, many of whom left from this port town, which was also called Queenstown for ...

  • 8

    Kilkenny and Cork

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    ... in the town, and so we eventually gave up and went on to Cobh (pronounced 'cove') just out of Cork to see the Heritage Centre. Cobh is Cork's deepwater port, and has a number of claims to fame. Firstly, its the main port used by Irish convicts and Irish ...

  • 9

    A Rainy Day in Cobh

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    ... , 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.   ...

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    Ireland May 2006

    ... and reminded me a lot of mainland Europe. I didn't really like it. It wasn't the Ireland I came looking for. We parked at the Cobh Heritage Centre, a train station made into a tourist attraction giving information regarding how Cobh was a major port ...