St. Colman's Cathedral Cobh

I have finally accepted that I am terrible at allotting time to blog on a regular basis. Whoops, sorry 'bout it, life goes on. Anyways though, the past few weeks have just flown by! Maddie and Justin came and stayed with me for a week, and then a friend studying abroad in Germany currently came for St. Paddy's weekend, and then Melissa came for 5 …

On Saturday we made a day trip to Cobh, which is a 20 minute train ride from Cork City. For those of you who don't know, Cobh is the last place the Titanic took off from before heading to New York and of course hitting a glacier and sinking. In Cobh there is the Titanic Experience, also known as the Queenstown Experience since Cobh was originally …

Cobh (pronounced, Cove), formerly Queenstown, I stumbled upon by accident a month or so before heading to Ireland while researching info for the trip. I had no idea Titanic set port in Ireland to load immigrants setting out for a new life in America. THAT was a piece of history I was familiar with and since it was just a bit south of Blarney I …

Today, my friends and I were heading out for another day trip to Cobh in County Cork. It's only a short distance away from the city, so we thought it was a good trip just for the day. We left the apartments at 10:00am, en route to the train station where our train was leaving at 11:00am. Similar to yesterday, we knew where the train station was... …

... ocean floor. After we got done at the museum, we had lunch at a small cafe, and then headed up to check out St. Colman's Cathedral. The church was absolutely beautiful! After heading back to the waters-edge, we hung out for an hour in the sunshine while ...

... did not survive and he was only 20 years old. After the slightly depressing Titanic Experience, we went to St. Colman's Cathedral, which you are able to see anywhere in Cobh since it is on a hill. The Cathedral was very beautiful and when ...

... us to Cobh, wishing us luck and sending us on our way! After we left the office we headed towards the Cathedral that Cobh is known for, St. Colman's Cathedral. When we turned to the street that we had to walk up to get there, we thought it was a joke... ...

... its fate.     The Heritage Centre there had great exhibits on several topics.  Most of Ireland's million emigrants sailed from Cobh.   They were fleeing the Great Famine as well as the great lack of opportunity in Ireland ...

... walk around the town, we then drove on to Cork City for a quick look around.  Back in Cobh, we stopped briefly at St. Colman's Cathedral which started construction in 1868 and finished in 1915.  The original building of White Star offices ...

... in town are "The Queenstown Story" a museum on the history of the town, the harbor itself and St. Colman's Cathedral. The Queenstown Story was an excellent exhibit. Cobh's history is so intertwined with the sea. It was one of the main exodus points for ...

... for the New World. The main town is a combination of many colorfully painted houses and buildings, and the massive St. Colman's Cathedral.  The photos included with this post show how the tall spire of the French Gothic style church towers above ...