COBH IRELAND

After breakfast on Tuesday May 31st we will head to Cork to tour Blarney Castle.  While at Blarney Castle you can kiss the blarney stone (for the gift of gab), shop at the Woollen Mills Mall, and have a pint at the pub. 

http://www.blarneycastle.ie/
http://www.blarney.com/

After Blarney Castle we head to Cobh.  We will try to get there early enough to enjoy the sites. 

Tourism is a large employer in Cobh. Large cruise liners visit Cobh each year, mainly during the summer months, although many of the tourists are transported out of Cobh by bus to other tourist destinations. In all, almost 100,000 cruise liner passengers and crew arrive in the town each year when their ships berth right in the centre of the town at Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal. Tourist attractions are focused on the maritime and emigration legacy of the town and include the Queenstown Story Heritage Centre, Titanic Experience, Titanic Trail walking tour, Cobh Museum, Cobh Road Train, Spike Island tours and St Colman's Cathedral. The town has remained largely unchanged since RMS Titanic departed from Cork Harbour in 1912, with the streetscape and piers still much the same. Facing the town are Spike Island and Haulbowline Island. The latter is the headquarters of the Irish Naval Service, formerly a British naval base.

Some Recommended sites:

Titanic Experience
http://www.titanicexperiencecobh.ie/

Cobh Cathedral
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Colman%27s_Cathedral,_Cobh

Cobh Heritage Center
http://www.cobhheritage.com/

Annie Moore Statue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Moore_(immigrant)

In the evening after you have exhausted your site seeing there are plenty of pubs where you can grab a nice pint.