--- title: "Cobh – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Cobh, Ireland: Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. Nearby: St Colman's…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cobh" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cobh.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/William_Lionel_Wyllie_-_The_Oceanic.jpg/1920px-William_Lionel_Wyllie_-_The_Oceanic.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Seaport in County Cork, Ireland · Munster # Cobh Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. ![Cobh](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/William_Lionel_Wyllie_-_The_Oceanic.jpg/1920px-William_Lionel_Wyllie_-_The_Oceanic.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Cobh · Lucien Waléry / After William Lionel Wyllie The place Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. With a population of 14,148 inhabitants at the 2022 census, Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and home to Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal. Tourism in the area draws on the maritime and emigration legacy of the town. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobh), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Colman%27s_Cathedral,_Cobh) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spit_Bank_Lighthouse) 3. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_College_(Ireland%29) 4. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Cobh) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## 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. Cobh Heritage Centre 2. 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. Titanic Experience Guided tour through the White Star departure hall, following the emigrants' footsteps. 4. St Colman's Cathedral Towering neo-Gothic RC cathedral; the steeple is 91.4 m tall. From [Wikivoyage: Cobh](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cobh), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## 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. SailCork Learn dinghy or cruiser sailing, powerboating and other seafaring skills. 2. 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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cobh), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat Jacobs Ladder is within Water's Edge Hotel, see below. They do good seafood, open daily noon-8PM. From [Wikivoyage: Cobh](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cobh), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## 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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shannon-to-cobh) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Cobh) - Dublin → Cobh 215 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · €26–37 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-cobh) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Cobh) - Charlestown → Cobh 237 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · €29–41 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-cobh) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Cobh) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Cobh) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Cobh Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cobh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in The ferry runs daily 6:30AM–9:30PM and takes 5 min. - Get in The "East Ferry" sailed from medieval times, latterly cable-hauled, but ceased in 1913. - Get in See Cork#Get in for the ferries from Roscoff and Santander. From [Wikivoyage: Cobh](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cobh), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. 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Cork, Ireland 3.5 km - [Ringaskiddy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ringaskiddy) village in Munster, Ireland 2.4 km - [Monkstown](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/monkstown) town in Munster, Ireland 2.6 km - [Glenbrook](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/glenbrook) village in Munster, Ireland 2.8 km - [Belvelly](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/belvelly) village in Munster, Ireland 3.6 km [The place page for Cobh](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cobh) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Ireland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IE) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cobh, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt