The sea shanty “The Holy Ground” refers to the eastern part of Cobh that wasn’t holy at all. The area catered for the needs of sailors! The Titanic’s last port of call was Cobh.

On April 11, 1912, the Titanic departed Cobh, formerly known as Queenstown, in Co Cork, and set sail for New York. Today The Titanic Experience at Cork harbor commemorates the Irish passengers who ...

It was scrapped where it ran aground, near Cobh, in 1928. The spot where the ... the seabed with terrible loss of life. The fate of the Titanic, endlessly dissected over the past 112 years ...

A new giant statue has been unveiled down by the water in Cobh. The Shantyman is a huge 11-foot steel statue overlooking Cork Harbour from the Five-Foot-Way. The massive structure was gifted to the ...

An "extremely rare" postcard written by a Titanic passenger who died after the ... and Queenstown - now known as Cobh - before setting out across the Atlantic. Mr Smith had travelled with family ...

When the luxurious British passenger ship Titanic sank into the Atlantic Ocean in April 1912, thousands of people fell into the frigid waters. Only one of the lifeboats that escaped the sinking ...

The last port of call on the Titanic’s ill-fated voyage, the seaside town on Ireland’s south coast has a historic maritime legacy. One of the major transatlantic Irish ports, Cobh (pronounced ‘Cove’ ...