Cobh (Queenstown) Passenger Lists 1884-1966

 

Ocean Liner at Queenstown ca 1905. Colorized Postcard Postally Used 21 March 1905.

Ocean Liner at Queenstown ca 1905. Colorized Postcard Postally Used 21 March 1905. GGA Image ID # 175525f5c9

 

The Port of Cobh, known from 1850 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a popular tourist seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour.

All the great steamers between New York and Liverpool stop at Queenstown. On their eastward voyages, they leave passengers and quantities of mail, and when they go west, they stop to receive them.

The ocean greyhound does not enter the harbor, but is met outside by a small transport steamer, called the "tender," which conveys the mail and passengers to the landing.

Mail is shipped from Queenstown to Dublin and across the Irish Sea by a fast steamer and then transferred to an express train. In this way, mail reaches London a few hours earlier than it would if it went directly to Liverpool on the ocean liner and from there to London by rail.

 

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The RMS Titanic in Cobb Harbour, 11 April 1912.

The RMS Titanic in Cobb Harbour, 11 April 1912. GGA Image ID # 1d4bbc9546

 

The Queenstown Story Heritage Centre, Titanic Experience, Titanic Trail walking tour, Cobh Museum, Cobh Road Train, Spike Island tours and St Colman's Cathedral provide plenty for visitors to see and do.

The town has remained virtually unchanged since RMS Titanic departed from Cork Harbour in 1912, with the streetscape and piers still much the same.

Queenstown, the Irish port of call of the Cunard and the White Star (Liverpool Service) Steamers is a convenient disembarkation point for those desirous of visiting Ireland en route to England and the European Continent.

Efficient Tender service is in commission, affording passengers every comfort in landing. Ireland has many scenic attractions, Killarney, etc. An efficient train service prevails to reach all points of interest.

Dublin is reached in about four hours from Queenstown. From Dublin crossing can be effected to England via Holyhead by the old-established lines of steamers, viz. , the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company and the London & North Western Ry.

Railway officials meet the steamers on arrival at Queenstown and afford passengers every assistance and information. Those en route to England should inquire for Mr. Wm. Stirling, Agent, L. & N. W. Ry., prepared to look especially after their requirements.

Tourists and others landing at Queenstown can obtain all information regarding travel in Ireland on application to the American Office of the Great Southern & Western Ry. (Ireland), No. 287 Fifth Avenue, New York. Queenstown has just been abandoned by the Cunard Line as regards her fastest steamers.

 

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