Today is Tuesday, March 19, 2019; we took a train from Cork to Cobh to visit the town of Cobh and visit the Titanic Museum. It is still winter in Ireland; there are not many tourists in town – the cruise ships are not here yet.

We walked by the Cobh museum. This museum was right on the wharf of Cobb.  We learned how the farmers in Ireland were hired as sailors in the 1700s and went to Newfoundland as fishermen.

Saint Colman Cathedral. The construction of Saint Colman’s Cathedral began in 1868, and the work was not completed until 1915. When we arrived, the Cathedral was holding 10:00 am mass, I did not take photos of the interior, but it was quite beautiful and huge. The walk down from St. Colman’s Cathedral. This is the view from the back of St. Colman’s Cathedral.

The walk down from St. Colman’s Cathedral to Cobh Harbor.

Taking a break at Cuppacity Coffee Shop, so yummy!

S.S. ‘LUSITANIA’ Memorial

Off the cork coast on May 7, 1916. the Cunard liner torpedoed and sunk by u boat
Many survivors and dead were brought ashore here.
170 of the victims were buried in the nearby
Clonmel (old church) cemetery.

John F. Kennedy Memorial Park is a local park dedicated to the memory of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. It’s a great place to watch passing ships and liners in the spring and Summer Time.

Annie Moore was the first Irish immigrant to the United States to pass through inspection at Ellis Island Station in New York Harbor. She traveled on the steamship Nevada with her two younger brothers from Cobh to America for a better life on January 1, 1892, her 15th birthday.

 

HNS Titanic the World’s Largest Ocean Liner

Maiden Voyage April 10,

1912 Southampton to New York

 

Titanic Experience Cobh is located in the heart of Cobh Town. The original White Star Line Ticket Office, a building steeped in history dating back to the early 19th century and the departure point for many thousands of White Star Line passengers

Of all the passengers on board the Titanic, 123 joined at the last port of call. This small pier helped transport 123 passengers from the White Star Line booking hall onto a small ferry to the HMS Titanic before she sailed to New York.

Al packed and ready to go.  Images of the interior of the guest accommodations on the ship.

At 2:20 am on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and crew, had struck an iceberg two and a half hours before. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died.

 

We really enjoyed our trip to Cobh, and it is a very quaint and pretty town. Back in Cork, The River Lee at Sunset