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COBH

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Most of our time spent in the car throughout of the Irish road trip was during M midday naps. Our whole plan was created around that activity and locations were set based on their distance. He needed his naps, we needed our quiet time and all of us needed to travel from point A to B. Perfect! Ready, set, go!

After a quiet morning in Kilkenny, we were ready to continue with our trip. Next stop was Cobh before heading to Cork for a night. The distance between Kilkenny and Cobh was around two hours drive in the rain and almost two hours sitting in the car on the one way road, jammed between cars because of, what we found out later, was a car accident.

The accident happened on a Belvelly bridge & Castle, some six kilometers from Cobh, and that was the only way to enter the town

Once known as a Queenstown from 1849 until 1920 in honor of Queen Victora, Cobh is recognized as the final port of call for the Titanic before she set out across the Atlantic for her first and only journey in 1912.

The town was the departure point for 2.5 million of the 6 million Irish people who emigrated to North America between 1848 and 1950
The church tower is seen from every corner of the town

The small coastal town is a home to some 14 000 and St Colman’s cathedral, one of the tallest buildings in Ireland, with a 94 meters high church tower.

 

Construction of the church started in 1868 and was not completed until over half a century later due to increases in costs. The usual, ya’ know
In 1867 parishioners collected around £10 000 for the construction of the cathedral
By the end of the construction, the cost was ten times more the collected price

The cathedral was one of the must see reasons when coming to Cobh, but the real one was a row of very colorful instagramable houses. One should definitely spend hours in the car for this opportunity.  🤦

They are nice, aren’t they?

Sitting in a car, waiting for the line to move, not knowing if and when we will arrive to Cobh, crunching on snacks (it’s always important to have water and a loooot of snacks in the car!!!!) and entertaining the little was, I was seriously thinking about my decisions for this trip. Why on Earth are we going to Cobh? Should we turn the car around and just go straight to Cork?

I have to admit,  sometimes my ideas are not the brightest, but my companions endure them all and we have a lovely time together.  That afternoon we spent walking the streets, grabbing a lunch in a local sea-view restaurant (forgot leftovers of our lunch there – but that’s another story). Although the weather was not summery we even stopped for a fantastic ice cream doughnut.

Ice cream doughnut, you ask? Yes, a delicious one that will come to the light of day, or at least its photo, in the What we ate in Ireland post 🥔🥔🥔

The green bench has been provided under the Cobh Age Friendly Town for elderly and those that need it more

Stay tuned!

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