There are €2000 in cash prizes to be won in this year’s Cobh International Deep Sea Angling Festival. That’s on top of the usual array of crystal prizes. In fact the total prize fund now stands at over €7,500. Any angler who hasn’t booked in for this event should seriously think …

These visitors to Cobh were delighted that they discovered Gilbert’s Restaurant just off the main street of Cobh.

Cobh (formerly Queenstown) is situated on the south coast of Ireland in County Cork. Cobh was the departure point for 2.5 million of the six million Irish people who emigrated to North America between 1848 and 1950. These included Annie Moore and her two brothers – the first immigrants to be processed on …

The Port of Cork has announced the 2010 Cruise Liner list.  The highlight for enthuasists of Cruise Liners will be the two overnight visits of the new Celebrity Eclipse, the three day visit of The World and the visit of the Queen Victoria on 24th July. The Independence of the Seas …

The news that Spike Island is to be developed for tourism is great news for Cobh and the entire Cork region.

It must be recorded that the Laurel and Hardy visit to Cobh in 1953 has become the most high-profile episode involving the Cobh Carillon and has spread the fame of the instrument far and wide. Almost every book about the comedians mentions it, the event was warmly recalled in the “This Is Your Life” show

On 11th April 1912, Queenstown was the final port of call for the Titanic as she set out across the Atlantic on her maiden voyage. The tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic is commemorated each year by Cobh Tourism. The 2010 commemmoration will take place on Sunday 11th April at 2.30pm.

The tragedy of the sinking of the Lusitania is commemorated each year by Cobh Tourism.
The 2010 commemmoration will take place on Sunday May 9th at the Lusitania Graves at 2 pm and at the Lusitania Peace Memorial in the Town Centre at 2.30 pm.