IMG_2910 Cobh, pronounced Cove, from its original name Cove of Cork
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IMG_2912 Cobh. West View Street's ''Deck of Cards'' houses
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IMG_2913 In the other direction, St Coleman's Cathedral, built 1868-79
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IMG_2916 Cobh Harbour is part of Cork Harbour
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IMG_2919 Inside St. Coleman's Cathedral
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IMG_2921 St. Coleman's rose window and pipe organ
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IMG_2926 Cobh was called Queenstown from 1849 to 1920
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IMG_2927 Cobh Harbour. Ships carried 2.5 million emigrees from here from 1848-1950
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IMG_2928 Cobh was a major transatlantic shipping port from the early 1800's and is still an important cruise ship port
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IMG_2929 In memory of those lost from the Lusitania, torpedoed off Cobh in 1915, and the fishermen who recovered them and saved others
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IMG_2930 Cobh
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IMG_2931 White Star Line office in Cobh, the last port of call, in 1912, of their new ship, the Titanic
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