Cobh Collection

The Cove of Cork, 1898. Creator: Unknown
The Cove of Cork, 1898. Cobh or the Cove of Cork, renamed by the British to Queenstown from 1849 to 1920 to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria. From " Our Own Country, Volume II"

Queenstown - Looking Along the Shore, 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

The funeral of some of the Lusitania victims at Queenstown, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War, Vol. II. - 1914-15. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

Cathedral and Main Street, Queenstown, Ireland, c late 19th century. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cathedral and Main Street, Queenstown, Ireland, c late 19th century. Queenstown was the name given by the British to Cobh before Ireland gained its independence

Irish emigrants leaving Queenstown (Cobh), the port for Cork, for the United States, 1874. Some are buying last-minute trinkets and good luck tokens

Queenstown / Cobh, harbour for Cork City
Queenstown/Cobh, the harbour for Cork City. Between 1845 and 1860 above 2.5 million people emigrated from Ireland through Cobh. Also last port of call the SS Titanic

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