St. Colman's Cathedral Cobh

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 …

... 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 ...