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Former White Star Line offices. The coast of Ireland looked very beautiful as we approached Queenstown Harbour, the brilliant morning sun showing up the green hillsides and picking out groups of dwellings dotted here and there above the rugged grey cliffs that fringed the coast. ~ Lawrence Beesley, The Loss of the SS Titanic, June 1912.
Cobh ( / ˈkoʊv / KOHV, Irish: An Cóbh ), known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. With a population of 14,418 inhabitants at the 2022 census, [2] Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and home to Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal.
- 47 m (154 ft)
- County Cork
Indoor Activities. Welcome to the Titanic Experience, a permanent visitor attraction in Cobh, Co. Cork. Situated in the original offices of The White Star Line, the location marks the departure point for the last 123 passengers who boarded the Titanic on its fateful maiden voyage to America.
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Apr 11, 2024 · The Cobh Heritage Center, located in the town's former White Star Line Ticket Office, tells the story of the Titanic's last stop in Ireland and the lives of the passengers who boarded...
Europe. Cobh. The original White Star Line offices, where 123 passengers embarked on (and one lucky soul absconded from) the RMS Titanic, now house this powerful insight into the ill-fated liner's final voyage in 1912. Admission is by tour, which is partly guided and partly interactive, with holograms, audiovisual presentations and exhibits ...
Oct 13, 2023 · Geasley’s association with Cobh (pronounced Cove) goes back four decades and involved inducting Keane into their Hall of Fame during a centenary dinner dance last year. “I told the story about ...
Sometime later, in 1912, Cobh was the last port of call on Titanic’s maiden voyage and the ill-fated liner is recalled by Cobh’s Titanic Memorial and former White Star Line offices. So intact is the fabric of the town, it’s not hard to imagine the luxury liner at the quays today.
