Cobh

Pictures taken in Cobh on our Summer holiday 2015 in Ireland.
Hotel Bella Vista This Luxury Hotel is an old Victorian-style house and has been completely and sensitively renovated to provide the perfect combination of modern comfort with traditional style and hospitality. Bella Vista Hotel & Self Catering Suites majestically overlooks the picturesque heritage town of Cobh, once called The Queenstown named after Queen after her visit to cobh in 18th century. Definitely one of the best places we stayed while in Ireland. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel West View A very steep road leading to the Cobh centre. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel The Monument Bar Nice facade, all painted. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Cobh Colourful houses surrounding Casement Square : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Lusitania memorial 'The Lusitania Monument' by sculptor Jerome Connor in memory of those lost when the Cunard liner was sunk by U-20 on 7th May, 1915, off the Old Head of Kinsale. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel White Star Line ticket office Former White Star Line ticket office, now functioning as the Titanic Experience museum. The remains of the original pier can still be seen in front of the building. One of Father Brown's famous pictures shows this building and passengers waiting to be transferred to RMS Titanic. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel The Titanic Experience Front of the Titanic Experience building : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel 3rd class cabin RMS Titanic's third class cabin. It was luxorious compared to ones offered by other ships at the time. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
First class suite First class suite of RMS Titanic. All suites were decorated in different styles. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Harbour Cobh habour and Spike Island. Originally the site of a monastic settlement, the island is dominated by an 18th-century star fort named Fort Mitchel. The island's strategic location within the harbour meant it was used at times for defence and as a prison, but as of the early 21st century is under development as a heritage tourist attraction. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Spike Island The island was the site of a monastic settlement in the 7th century, and was used by smugglers for some time. Its location at the entrance to Cork Harbour meant that the island held strategic importance, and it was a significant site in the French intervention following the Glorious Revolution. The British government purchased the island in 1779 and developed Fort Westmoreland on the site to designs by Charles Vallancey. The fort was proposed by the Royal Engineer Charles Holloway and named for John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and fortified gun emplacements were constructed facing the mouth of the harbour. Later a prison and convict depot, the island was used to house "convicts" prior to penal transportation. It gained a reputation as "Ireland's Alcatraz". It remained in use as a garrison and prison through the Irish War of Independence, when IRA prisoners were held there. Richard Barrett was among those detained there, but escaped during the truce of 1921. Accordingly, even after the establishment of the Irish Free State, the Royal Navy continued to maintain its presence at Spike Island. Spike Island remained under British sovereignty until 11 July 1938 when, pursuant to the Anglo-Irish Trade Agreement of 25 April 1938, the territory was ceded to Ireland. Following its handover to Ireland, the island's installations were renamed Fort Mitchel - after John Mitchel, nationalist activist and political journalist who was held on the island for a time : Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Cobh The corner of Pearse Square and West Beach. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Old bicycle Old bicycle advertising a concert. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Colourful row Corner of Casement Square and Westbourne Place : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Row of houses Colourful houses on Sandymount Terrace : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Cunard Line Building The Cunard Line was probably the best-known competitor of the White Star Line and a key player on the North Atlantic. During the big age of ocean steamliners, Cobh was the main port of Irish emigration and every larger shipping company had an office in the town. When the Cunard Line ship „Lusitania“ was sunk in 1915 off Kinsdale, rescue efforts were coordinated from this office while bodies of the victims were brought to the space in front of the office. Cunard and White Star merged in 1934 and Cobh's Cunard office was moved into the White Star Building. Years later, the building was sold and passed several hands. However, you can still see some details showing the Cunard heritage. Note the beautiful flower patterns. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Old Town Hall and clock tower The old Cork Harbour Commissioners Office built 1860 : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Seafarers' memorial Anchor is part of memorial honoring all Irish seafarers located next to the former town clock building : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel RGB Red, green and blue : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Lusitania memorial Plagues commemorating some of the Lusitania victims : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
Henry Wood One of Lusitania victims : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Small boat harbour Some fishing boats along with other small boats in Cobh : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel St Colman’s Cathedral Construction commenced in 1867. The architects were E.W. Pugin, George Ashlin and Thomas Coleman. The clerk of works was Charles Guilfoyle Doran. The cathedral was begun in 1868 and finally completed in 1915, a total of 47 years. The foundation stone was laid on 30 September 1868 by Bishop William Keane. The roof was completed in 1879 and that same year the first Mass was celebrated on 15 June by Bishop John McCarthy. Building of the spire, the last of the major external works, was completed in March 1915. In 1868, when the cathedral was begun, Cobh or Queenstown as it was then called, was a relatively prosperous place. This was because it was Ireland's principal emigration outlet. More than five million people emigrated from Ireland in the nineteenth century - mainly to the United States, Australia and Canada - and a large proportion of them left from Queenstown. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel St Colman’s Cathedral Construction commenced in 1867. The architects were E.W. Pugin, George Ashlin and Thomas Coleman. The clerk of works was Charles Guilfoyle Doran. The cathedral was begun in 1868 and finally completed in 1915, a total of 47 years. The foundation stone was laid on 30 September 1868 by Bishop William Keane. The roof was completed in 1879 and that same year the first Mass was celebrated on 15 June by Bishop John McCarthy. Building of the spire, the last of the major external works, was completed in March 1915. In 1868, when the cathedral was begun, Cobh or Queenstown as it was then called, was a relatively prosperous place. This was because it was Ireland's principal emigration outlet. More than five million people emigrated from Ireland in the nineteenth century - mainly to the United States, Australia and Canada - and a large proportion of them left from Queenstown. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel
St Colman’s Cathedral The tower of the cathedral. It was completed in March 1915. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel St Colman’s Cathedral The western entrance to the cathedral. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel Penny Lane A small alley filled with all kinds of stuff. : 2015, Cobh, Ireland, Irlanti, LG G3, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, town, travel