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Commuter rail saves the day
... exploring the waterfront a little, we started working our way up the sloping streets. We found a baker, the first we'd seen in Ireland, and bought an apple strudel for later. About half way up the hill we came to the Cathedral, a very impressive building ...
Titanic
... home, you’re probably pronouncing it wrong. Oddly enough, Cobh is pronounced Cove. Who woulda thought? Cobh is a main port for cruise liners in Southern Ireland. It was also where the victims of the Lusitania were brought after it was sunk by ...
Dia duit (Hello) from Ireland
... interest was the Cobh Heritage Center where I saw exhibits on the Titanic & Lusitania & learned more about the rich history of Cobh & Ireland. Oh course, I just had to have a local rich creamy dark beer at Murphy's Pub, too. I left more ...
Rolling Hills of Ireland
... an occasional medieval castle. After the chaos of Naples, it was heaven. Barryscourt Castle was built around 1000 AD, and our port of Cobh was the headquarters of the White Star Line. Cobh was the final port for White Star's most famous ship, the Titanic, ...
A Pint of Murphy's If You Please!
... Yes, so I invest in castles..." I have learned about the magic of Murphy's at the pub. It's Guiness's rival in Ireland. And I personally think Murphy's is better than Guiness...it doesn't fill you up quite like Guiness does and it tastes ...
The Exodus Irish Terminal
Cobh, another fascinating place and, the port where so many Irish immigrated to North America in the mid 1800's including my O'Connor ...
Eastward through Co. Cork
... weather! However, we remind ourselves that it IS October now. Still, we miss our blue Colorado skies... The main highways in southern Ireland are more like American roads, straight and smooth, so we make great time driving to Cobh, a small town on an ...
Sinking ships in the Atlantic Ocean
... disembarked on their journey. The exhibit went into great detail about the Titanic and Lucitania because both ships left from Cobh harbor. I realized, maybe my Irish side could have immigrated to the US during the potato famine. I don't ...
Safe harbour at last port of the Titanic
... Cork - which was a surprise. The centre was full of people, families, teenagers & all. We attended the Cobh Baptist Church and felt right at home. It was good to see a fairly mixed congregation of different ages and nationalities ...
Where the Titanic took off!
We took a short train ride the the small town called Cobh, where incidentally, is one of the ports that the ...
Irish Aussie Day in Cobh
... to see us sail into Cobh harbour (port of Cork).This was the last port of call of the Titanic, when at that time Cobh was called Queenstown. It is a very picturesque town with lots of colourful houses on the hillsides. Docked at 6.45, the weather was ...
Ireland!
Today when we woke up we were sailing into the port of Cobh, Ireland! We sailed by beautiful cliffs, castles and lighthouses as we approached the port. What a great day we had! We visited the gorgeous Blarney castle and, yes, we kissed the Blarney Stone. ...
Last few days in Ireland
... picnic. The kids loved the playground there. Not looking forward to the long flights home but it will be nice to get home after living out of a suitcase for 5 weeks. Bye bye Ireland, we'll miss your awesome scenery, the 40 shades of green and our rellies. ...
Cobh
This is a lovely seaport community. It is where many oceanliners leaving Europe have their last view of the continent, including the Titanic. When the Lusitania was sunk off Old Head near Kinsale, the victims were brought to ...
Diane finally gets in some shopping
... we are. We have Bermuda dollars for the taxi home, US dollars for the ship's casino, Scottish Pounds for Glasgow, Euros for Ireland and France, and British Pounds for England. Good thing Ron works for a bank and gets a preferential exchange rate. Anyway, ...
Fota Wildlife Zoo
... due to sickness so I had to lay low this weekend. Today we took a ten minute train ride south of Cork City to County Cobh. In this town they have the Fota Wildlife Zoo. A couple other students from Quinnipiac had went and said it was worth going to so we ...
Cobh
... 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 hours to cover most of it. It was definitely cool to see though, ...
Dance like the Irish
... to some serious oceanliner disasters including the last port of call for the Titantic and the bombing of the Lusitania. Cobh was Ireland's main emigration port after the Great Famine in 1846. As many as two million Irish citizens fled to ...
yey we've made it to Cobh
... very tired but so nice to be with family. We are looking forward to exploring the town and catching up with our relliies. Cobh is a lovely small town with brightly painted houses on the waterfront. It was the last place the titanic docked before it sunk. ...
Titanic Trail - and a few thoughts
... . They would go there for last blessings before setting sail from Queenstown (as Cobh was renamed after Queen Victoria visited) - 2.5 million of Ireland’s 6 million emigrants left from here and most never returned. The bell tower ...
Leprechauns aplenty
... all decked out in Aussie flags and koalas etc etc. The theme was Australia day on 23rd August. We found them extremely friendly and Ireland is probably one place that we would like to return to. We got a taxi to Cork which is a big town about ...
Lusitania and Titanic? I would change the name too
... 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 ...
Cork, Ireland
... 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 ...
A Rainy Day in Cobh
... and 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 ...
Day 60
Throughout the night we followed the coast of Ireland toward Cobh. We arrived in Cobh at 7am to a sunny day. We enjoyed breakfast with a couple from California who were amazed that we were doing 104 nights. Time to hit the town so away we went. It was ...
First Day of Sunshine
... up there. I got back a little early to the tour bus and the gentleman that was our driver really told me the historical story of Ireland and it broke my heart but he was so interesting to listen to. After I got back I hopped on a local train to travel ...
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