Cobh Stories


19th June

This was our first stop on our cruise holiday. We booked a coach tour to visit the infamous Blarney Stone. The coach took us through the centre of Cork and stopped at St Fin Barr cathedral for a photo stop, we then went on to the Blarney castle. Once we arrived there, we queued up to the stone, which was about 90 feet high. Despite knowing that mill...


Cobh Harbour

LeeAnn: Cobh was the last port of call for the Titantic, it was also the busiest port for all the Irish imigrants set for America and their new lives. There was a small memorial about the Titantic, and a Heritage Center. I checked the Titantic list, no Kenny's or Kealy's, so at least my family missed that one. Cobh is a brightly colored busy tow...