Cobh – Pronounced Cove

     This was our second visit in the last few days. We decided to have breakfast in the dining room. We were docked only a few feet from the centre of town. We had already been to Blarney Castle so we simply went ashore in this town and did a nice walk about. It is the second largest natural harbour in the world but there isn't nearly as much traffic as other ports that we have visited. The ship was port side to (the jetty) which is rather unusual. However that put our cabin right next to the train station.

   

Purple Hat Ladies

We had a few specific stops that we wanted to make. However the first thing we encountered was a classic car show and local ladies dressed in “classic” dress. We took our pictures and has a nice chat with they. They are a local group that dresses up in various outfits and goes around to various functions. Today the were dressed in White and purple.

Deck Of Cards Houses

      Our first stop was a Titanic memorial plaque. We walked down the main streets until it basically ran out then made a u turn and went up Wolfe Tone street to St. Colman's Cathedral. A typically

Gothic structure if there ever was one. It is only about 150 years old. From there we walked until we came upon a road with turn of the century row houses called the deck of cards. The reason for that was that it was built down a hill and when you see them they look like cards. They were refurbished in the last few years with various colours being used. It was a good chance to do some street scape photography. The closer we got to the main street the more we encountered people from the Ruby.

By this time it was after bar opening time so we started to look for a nice local pub. We 

Old Row Housing

saw a few but none with outside sitting.

White Star Line Offices

         Our wanderings took us to the office of the White Star line which has a Titanic Exhibition. There was a long lineup to get in so we browsed the gift shop and went on. After that we simply returned to the ship.

     This afternoon they had a troupe of local dancers preforming traditional Irish dances in the Princess Theatre. As the last of the tours returned to the ship and we were getting ready to sail, a band preformed on the dock. It is always nice to see this type of sendoff as it demonstrates how important these visit are to city.

     With the soccer game on tonight the dining room was sparsely attended. Our California table mates did show up, but one left in the middle of dinner to go watch the game and then came back during half time. We did attend the late show. The violin performer was excellent. The photos show the wandering around Cobh including the church, White Star office and the Deck of Cards row housing among other things.