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Cobh Heritage Centre The Queenstown Story has won

Cobh Heritage Centre The Queenstown Story has won a 2023 Experts' Choice Award.
Experts' Choice is the only industry accolade based on professional reviews. We draw from 100+ publications including leading travel guides, magazines and newspapers. The award, now in its seventh year, has received coverage in major outlets including The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph and GQ.
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The award recognizes Cobh Heritage Centre The Queenstown Story as one of the highest rated attractions in Cork. Fewer than 2% of businesses receive an award.

Fancy a cup of something after your visit ? It w

Fancy a cup of something after your visit ?

It won’t be in one of these though, but it’ll go down a treat 🥰…☕️☕️

Café open till 4pm

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Titanic Remembered - An excerpt from a poem by awa

Titanic Remembered - An excerpt from a poem by award winning poet Frank O'Brien, Cobh (Queenstown). The full poem is on display at the centre.

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You may not recognize this man but you will defini

You may not recognize this man but you will definitely be familiar with his work.
Fr. Browne is the man responsible for the beautiful photographs of life on board the Titanic, taken between Southampton and Queenstown.
He was one of eight passengers who disembarked at Queenstown.

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Did you know that The Lusitania was the worlds lar

Did you know that The Lusitania was the worlds largest ship when it was built (787 feet) in 1907 but only for a brief period. Three months later her sister ship the Mauretania became the largest. Then in 1911 when the Olympic was built she became the largest (882 Feet).

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The Queenstown Story the stories of Irish Emigrat

The Queenstown Story the stories of Irish Emigration. #purecork #irelandsancienteast #visitcobh

The “Queenstown Story” is the story of Irish E

The “Queenstown Story” is the story of Irish Emigration.

Folow the story form the 1600’s when transportation to the British overseas colonies was commonplace, from Virginia and New England to Barbados, Jamacia and Monserrat.

This beautiful, informative and sometimes emotive Exhibition is situated within Cobh’s beautifully restored Victorian railway station, a building with its own historic story.

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Need we say any more ? Come see for yourself #co

Need we say any more ?
Come see for yourself

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One of the last RMS Titanic photos showing the shi

One of the last RMS Titanic photos showing the ship during her departure from Queenstown.
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Heartbreak pier as it is called by the locals - th

Heartbreak pier as it is called by the locals - the departure point for generations of Irish emigrants leaving from Queenstown including the 123 passengers who boarded Titanic here.

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Happy 4th of July to all our friends across the po

Happy 4th of July to all our friends across the pond 💫

Open 7 days from 9.30am - come visit us #cobh #c

Open 7 days from 9.30am - come visit us

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1636- Read and learn about the agent Thomas Buckle

1636- Read and learn about the agent Thomas Buckley. He was paid a pint of wine and some sugar to procure indentured servants to sail from Kinsale to America on the Abraham in 1636. Captain Joseph West realises that they would not make it to Virginia so they set sail for Barbados where it only took two days to sell the servants.

There was a time when everybody wore a hat and you

There was a time when everybody wore a hat and your hatbox was a necessary travel accessory!

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How times have changed…you thought your suitcase

How times have changed…you thought your suitcase was awkward !

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Presented to us yesterday by a group from Hobart,

Presented to us yesterday by a group from Hobart, Tasmania via Christena Henri.
This adds to our story of convict women transported from here.
This doll is "Catherine Donovan" from Cork who left on the Earl Grey.
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Great to see @clodaghstraveltales visit with her g

Great to see @clodaghstraveltales visit with her group today

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The only existing photograph of RMS Titanic first

The only existing photograph of RMS Titanic first class dining room located on D DECK.
This photo was taken by Father Browne.

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Have you seen our postbox outside? A little bit of

Have you seen our postbox outside? A little bit of history … it used be pillar box red and still bears the royal insignia of Queen Victoria 💫

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Titanic Facts: 31.6% – the percentage of people

Titanic Facts:

31.6% – the percentage of people aboard the Titanic (passengers and crew) who survived the sinking.

53.4% – the total percentage who could have survived, given the number of spaces available on the lifeboats.

Source: titanicfacts.net

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