Our cruise ship docked at Port of Cork in Cobh, Ireland. Cobh known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. With a population of around 13,000 inhabitants, Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and home to Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal.
It took us 28 minutes by train to get Cork. Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the city centre is an island positioned between two channels of the River Lee which meet downstream at the eastern end of the city centre, where the quays and docks along the river lead outwards towards Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour, one of the largest natural harbors in the world.
Our first place we visited in Cork was the Cork City Gaol, a former prison, now a museum. When the prison opened in the 1820s, it housed both male and female prisoners whose crimes were committed within the city boundary. While we were waiting for the museum to open, we talked to an elderly man who lived next door. He was able to tell us about where they executed the men. He knew a lot about the museum and the history as he was on the board when the museum started. I think I learned more from him, then I did from the museum.
Our next stop was the English Market. Cork’s iconic English market has been trading since 1788. One of the oldest and certainly the best covered market in Europe, it has survived famine, flood, war, fires, and multiple recessions to remain a strong part of Cork’s retail environment. It is an important part of food culture in Cork, with an emphasis on fresh, local produce with traditional Cork foods as well as an array of international delights.
While we were there, we got a smoothie and a dessert. One of the grossest things I saw was a huge ox tongue.
We then walked around and found a pub to eat at and once again Jeremy got fish and chips! After lunch we walked back to the train station to go back to Cobh
In Cobh, we walked around for a while and got ice cream. We used the rest of our Euros and got souvenirs for the kids.
As Cobh was the last stop of the Titanic and if we had more time, we would have gone to the Titanic Museum instead we only got a picture in front of some statues.
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