Cobh

Worth seeing in and around Cobh

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   St Colman's Cathedral

   The Cathedral Church of St. Colman, usually known as Cobh Cathedral, or previously Queenstown Cathedral, is a single-spire cathedral in Cobh, Ireland.

   200 m · cathedral · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Spit Bank Lighthouse

   The Spit Bank Lighthouse close to Cobh in County Cork, Ireland is a screw-pile lighthouse which marks a shallow bank in the navigable channels of lower Cork Harbour. The platform was built by the blind Irish engineer Alexander Mitchell, with the lighthouse itself designed by George Halpin.

   1.7 km · lighthouse in Ireland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Naval College

   The Naval College is the principal naval military college in Ireland providing training to cadets, non-commissioned officers and recruits of the Irish Naval Service. The Naval College trains and educates personnel for service, providing a mixture of different courses ranging from officer training right through to naval engineering.

   2.1 km · principal naval military college in Ireland providing training to cadets, NCO's and recruits of the Irish Naval Service · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Old Town Hall, Cobh

   The Old Town Hall is a 19th-century building in Cobh, Ireland. Situated slightly east of the town center, in what is referred to as Lynch's Quay or East Beach, it faces Cork Harbour.

   400 m · 19th century building in Cobh, Ireland · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

And see Titanic for more on this liner Titanic Memorial is on Pearse Square. This grand "unsinkable" liner was launched in Belfast in 1911 and began her maiden voyage for the White Star Line on 10 April 1912. The timetable for RMS Titanic and her sister ships was to sail from Southampton to Cherbourg then overnight to Cobh, then onward to New York.

1. 01
   Cobh Heritage Centre
2. 02
   Cobh Museum

   In an old Presbyterian church opposite the Heritage Centre but separately run, this small museum has various exhibits of town life and its maritime history.

3. 03
   Titanic Experience

   Guided tour through the White Star departure hall, following the emigrants' footsteps.

4. 04
   St Colman's Cathedral

   Towering neo-Gothic RC cathedral; the steeple is 91.4 m tall.

From Wikivoyage: Cobh, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Titanic Trail Tours, Meet at Commodore Hotel,. Daily at 11AM and 2PM. One-hour walking tour explaining the Titanic story in Cobh. Adult €22.50, child €12.50. Cobh Rebel Walking Tours start from the Heritage Centre. Their focus is The Troubles and civil war. Sirius Arts Centre has a gallery but is mostly a performance space, open W-Sa 11AM-5PM. It's on the waterfront west side of JFK Park.

1. 01
   SailCork

   Learn dinghy or cruiser sailing, powerboating and other seafaring skills.

2. 02
   Cobh Golf Club is north off R624

   Fail to notice what day it is for a couple of weeks, while otherwise being a meticulous travel-planner, if you're the hero of Around the World in 80 Days.

From Wikivoyage: Cobh, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Jacobs Ladder is within Water's Edge Hotel, see below. They do good seafood, open daily noon-8PM.

From Wikivoyage: Cobh, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Cobh

Airports

Cork (ORK), 13 km · Shannon (SNN), 104 km · Dublin (DUB), 223 km

Stations

Cork Harbour, 2.1 km · Cobh railway station, 400 m · Port of Cork, 2.1 km · Carrigaloe railway station, 2.5 km · Rushbrooke halt, 1.8 km

• Shannon → Cobh

  102 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · €14–20
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• Dublin → Cobh

  215 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · €26–37
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• Charlestown → Cobh

  237 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · €29–41
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