The Heritage
Town of Cobh is located on Great Island,
which is in
a prominent position at the heart of Cork Harbour, 25km from the City of
Cork.
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The island
and the town are linked to the mainland by the R624,
which runs Southwards
from the N25
and by a direct
rail link to Kent Station in Cork City.
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The town has
a proud maritime heritage.
Cobh was the
main embarkation point
for the millions
of Irish who left these
shores in the
Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries in search of a better life.
Cobh was the
final stop off for the doomed Titanic on its fatal voyage; 123 passengers
boarded the ship in Cobh.
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Cobh is
also the final resting place of many of the victims of the Lusitania sinking
in 1915.
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