{"id":44238,"date":"2023-05-08T20:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T19:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=44238"},"modified":"2023-05-09T20:35:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T19:35:50","slug":"emigration-titanic-and-lusitania-at-cobh-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/emigration-titanic-and-lusitania-at-cobh-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Emigration, Titanic and Lusitania at Cobh, Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve spent a couple of nights in Cobh, a 30 minute drive from Cork on Ireland&#8217;s south coast. Cobh&#8217;s proven a fascinating, if sobering place. This is the last place millions of Irish emigrants stood on home soil, and the last port the Titanic visited before its fateful sailing across the Atlantic. Cobh&#8217;s also the port the Lusitania survivors and victims were brought after its sinking by German submarine in 1915.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_163552543_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_163552543_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Statue at Cobh of Annie Moore and her children, the first emigrants processed at Ellis Island in New York\" class=\"wp-image-44240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_163552543_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_163552543_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_163552543_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_163552543_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_163552543_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_163552543_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_163552543_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Statue at Cobh of Annie Moore and two of her brothers, the first emigrants processed at Ellis Island in New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A quick aside: Cobh was originally named Cove (they&#8217;re pronounced the same), and later Queenstown after a visit by Queen Victoria. Following independance from the UK, the council voted to change the name back to Cove, opting to use the Irish form of the name: Cobh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_093150322_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_093150322_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_093150322_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_093150322_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_093150322_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_093150322_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_093150322_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_093150322_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_093150322_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cobh&#8217;s colourful &#8216;Stack of Cards&#8217; street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cobh&#8217;s Motorhome Aire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities in Cobh have created a fabulously-sited motorhome aire, a five minute walk along the sea front into the town (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:51.847015,-8.307782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">N51.847015, W8.307782<\/a>). All of the thirty spaces face directly out to sea, part of the second largest natural harbour in the world, after Sydney. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_124642462_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_124642462_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Our motorhome in the sea-facing aire at Cobh\" class=\"wp-image-44242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_124642462_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_124642462_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_124642462_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_124642462_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_124642462_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_124642462_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_124642462_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our motorhome in the sea-facing aire at Cobh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other half of windscreen&#8217;s taken up by a grey sky, intermittently dumping rain on us, with Haulbowline Island dividing the two. The island&#8217;s the headquarters of the Irish Naval Service, having once been a stronghold of the Royal Navy. We can see the grey sides of warships at anchor over there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09307-1030x597.jpg\" alt=\"Warship being towed out of Haulbowline Island\" class=\"wp-image-44303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09307-1030x597.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09307-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09307-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09307-705x408.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09307.jpg 1497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Windscreen entertainment from the motorhome aire as this decomissioned warhsip was towed past<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We can also just make out the green of Spike Island, one-time fortress and prison and now a tourist attraction. Every now and again a huge merchant ship slides past, carrying cargo in and out of the port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_132630746_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_132630746_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Our windscreen was bug-splattered after the drive down to Cork\" class=\"wp-image-44243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_132630746_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_132630746_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_132630746_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_132630746_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_132630746_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_132630746_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230507_132630746_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cleaning our bug-splattered windscreen for a better view from our pitch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It costs \u20ac10 per 24 hours to stay here including all services except electrical hook-up. We&#8217;ve been off-grid for a week now, and our 7-year-old leisure batteries gave up last night, the inverter howling and a flashing red light on our control panel as we dropped below 12V. After a minor panic Ju remembered <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/boosting-your-motorhome-off-grid-capability-with-a-jackery-solar-generator\/\">we&#8217;ve the Jackery we were given<\/a> to recharge from, so we&#8217;ve used that to charge up the batteries again until we get to a campsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09310-1030x579.jpg\" alt=\"Seal in sea in front of motorhome aire in Cobh\" class=\"wp-image-44301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09310-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09310-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09310-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09310-705x396.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09310.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This chap popped up in the sea all-of 10m from the van<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s at least a 2m gap between vans, which is far, far more space than many of the aires we&#8217;ve visited across Europe! There are recycling bins too, but as we&#8217;re discovering across Ireland, only glass, tins and drinking cans are accepted. As far as we can tell, you have to take plastic to a recycling centre and pay if you don&#8217;t want it to go into landfill. Everywhere we&#8217;ve been so far, the bins for general waste are the ones with tiny holes, so you have to feed your rubbish in a bit at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Cobh Heritage Centre, The Queenstown Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A short walk along the quayside from the aire&#8217;s the Cobh Heritage Centre. It looked interesting to us so after we&#8217;d got parked up and had a cuppa, we had a walk over and nipped inside. It&#8217;s a fairly big place, not expensive to visit and there&#8217;s an absolute ton of information in there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09237.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09237-1030x773.jpg\" alt=\"The Cobh Heritage Centre\" class=\"wp-image-44278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09237-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09237-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09237-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09237-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09237.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Cobh Heritage Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interesting in looking up Irish ancestors who may have left through the port, there&#8217;s a research facility available. Otherwise (like us), you&#8217;ll be treated to a hefty amount of information about Irish emigration, the Great Famine, the Titanic and Lusitania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09241-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09241-1-1030x651.jpg\" alt=\"Research station for information about emigrants through Cobh \" class=\"wp-image-44293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09241-1-1030x651.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09241-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09241-1-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09241-1-705x446.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09241-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Research station for information about emigrants through Cobh <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre opened 30 years ago, and it&#8217;s feeling a tad dated here and there. There are some interactive screens, but they don&#8217;t do much other than show you more text to go with that printed on information boards liberally spread around. The dummies placed in various scenes intended to convey grim circumstances are getting worn out. More than once they raised a wry grin, instead of invoking introspection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09245.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09245-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Dummies representing Irish convicts shipped to Australia\" class=\"wp-image-44249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09245-edited.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09245-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09245-edited-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09245-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09245-edited-705x396.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dummies representing Irish convicts shipped to Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coffin-Ship-Irish-Emigrants-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coffin-Ship-Irish-Emigrants-1-1030x694.jpg\" alt=\"Irish emigrants in dire conditions of a ship on the long Atlantic crossing\" class=\"wp-image-44295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coffin-Ship-Irish-Emigrants-1-1030x694.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coffin-Ship-Irish-Emigrants-1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coffin-Ship-Irish-Emigrants-1-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coffin-Ship-Irish-Emigrants-1-1536x1035.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coffin-Ship-Irish-Emigrants-1-2048x1380.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coffin-Ship-Irish-Emigrants-1-1500x1011.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coffin-Ship-Irish-Emigrants-1-705x475.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Coffin-Ship-Irish-Emigrants-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irish emigrants in dire conditions of a ship on the long Atlantic crossing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That minor criticism aside, the centre did a great job of explaining the fate of the Irish under British rule as part of the Empire. Saturday was King Charles&#8217; III coronation, but you really wouldn&#8217;t know it here in Southern Ireland. Having spent a couple of hours reading about how Ireland was treated by Britain over the past couple of hundred years, including during the horrific famine years, I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m much surprised they weren&#8217;t celebrating in the streets. The run manager for the Parkrun on Sunday half-joked maybe we&#8217;d come over the sea just to avoid the coronation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09264.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09264-1030x773.jpg\" alt=\"Many famous Americans have Irish ancestry\" class=\"wp-image-44296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09264-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09264-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09264-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09264-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DSC09264.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Many famous Americans have Irish ancestry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Millions of Irish were forced to emigrate due to poverty, starvation or from being convicted of a crime (political or otherwise). Around a million who were unable to leave died during the famine when blight caused the potato harvest to fail. The attitudes from the ruling British class were, on the whole, callous. Ireland was treated as a source of income, and the government felt little moral duty to help avoid mass starvation. The upper class of the time blamed the people rather than the fact they&#8217;d no food:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe real difficulty lies with the people themselves. They are always in the mud\u2026their idleness and helplessness can hardly be believed.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Lord Clarendon, September 1847.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishcentral.com\/roots\/genocide-british-ruling-class-irish-famine\">similar quotes here<\/a>. As well as discussing the famine and other causes of emigration, the centre has a section on the Titanic, which last stopped here at Cobh, at anchor a few km out to sea. Four days after leaving it infamously sank in the frigid Atlantic. Seven passengers disembarked at Cobh. That includes one lad on leave from work who had an offer from a benefactor to pay for his passage, but his employer insisted he get off the ship. Lucky swine. The museum offers lots of personal stories like that, adding a spark of humanity to the overall enormity of it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hammer-Titatic-Shipyard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hammer-Titatic-Shipyard-1030x637.jpg\" alt=\"The Titanic being built \" class=\"wp-image-44245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hammer-Titatic-Shipyard-1030x637.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hammer-Titatic-Shipyard-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hammer-Titatic-Shipyard-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hammer-Titatic-Shipyard-705x436.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hammer-Titatic-Shipyard.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Titanic being built in Belfast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s also a Titanic Museum here in Cobh, but after visiting the Heritage Centre we felt we&#8217;d read enough about the famous ship&#8217;s stopover here. The Heritage Centre also has a section on the Lusitania, the passenger ship sunk by a German torpedo in 1915, killing almost 2,000 people. We had a walk to the town&#8217;s old graveyard and stood beside the three mass graves some of the victims were buried in, an eerie feeling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101908564_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101908564_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"Burial of the victims of the Lusitania\" class=\"wp-image-44279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101908564_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101908564_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101908564_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101908564_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101908564_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101908564_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101908564_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Burial of the victims of the Lusitania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_103014946_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_103014946_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"One of three mass graves for victims of the Lusitania in Cobh\" class=\"wp-image-44280\" width=\"800\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_103014946_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_103014946_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_103014946_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_103014946_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_103014946_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_103014946_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_103014946_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of three mass graves for victims of the Lusitania in Cobh. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The graveyard is a couple of miles inland from the aire, right next to Lidl, ALDI and SuperValu if you&#8217;re in need of groceries, or there&#8217;s a petrol station over the road with washer-dryers. It has other famous figures including Robert Forde, an Antarctic explorer with Captain Scott and Jack Doyle, an Irish boxer known as the Gorgeous Gael. It was well worth the walk up from the town to visit and pay our respects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101920440_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101920440_HDR-475x1030.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Forde, Antarctic explorer. He suffered severe frostbite which prevented him from taking part in Scott's South Pole expedition, possibly saving his life.\" class=\"wp-image-44299\" width=\"280\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101920440_HDR-475x1030.jpg 475w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101920440_HDR-138x300.jpg 138w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101920440_HDR-708x1536.jpg 708w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101920440_HDR-692x1500.jpg 692w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101920440_HDR-325x705.jpg 325w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_101920440_HDR.jpg 738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Forde, Antarctic explorer. He suffered severe frostbite which prevented him from taking part in Scott&#8217;s South Pole expedition, possibly saving his life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Town of Cobh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The pretty town of Cobh&#8217;s a stone&#8217;s throw away from the aire, with the old offices of the White Star Line and Cunards down by the water. Cruise ships stop here about 100 times a year, there&#8217;s one due tomorrow, and they look enormous! They dock near the train station, where you can grab a 30 minute train into Cork if you fancy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_100720419_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_100720419_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_100720419_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_100720419_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_100720419_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_100720419_HDR-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_100720419_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_100720419_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230508_100720419_HDR.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cobh with cruise ships in port<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The huge St Colman&#8217;s Cathedral occupies a prominent spot with great views over the water and the lower parts of the town. 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Failing that, it&#8217;s only a few minute&#8217;s walk back to the van to boil the kettle and tuck into a biscuit looking out over the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right-o! The plan now is to head west, onto the southern end of the Wild Atlantic Way, and to start exploring Ireland&#8217;s Munster coast. 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