The Queenstown Story @ Cobh Heritage Centre , Great Stories of Emigration.
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Included / Excluded
- Driver/guide
- Guaranteed to skip the long lines
- Food and drinks
Itinerary
Enter this beautifully restored Victorian railway station, a building with its own unique story. Your tour begins in the 1600's when Irish emigrants left here for the Colonies of America and the West Indies. The tour follows chronologically the various destinations throughout the centuries where our emigrants settled. It is an emotive journey of exploration of the lives of over three million Irish emigrants. The tour includes sections on The Great Famine and also the connection with this port town and both Titanic and The Lusitania. "Walk in the footsteps of our Emigrant ancestors"y
Meeting point
Start Location
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Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Stroller Accessible
- Service Animals Allowed
- Easy Public Transport
- Infant Seats Available
Traveler reviews
Well worth a visit.
Excellent heritage centre with really useful and informative displays. Bought to life with great use of film footage, black and white imagery.
Great experience at the docks!
The Heritage Ctr. was right on the dock and easy to locate. The individual stories were heartbreaking, but with the well done exhibits, brought them to life. Being given a ticket for a specific passenger made it even more interesting. We highly recommend the experience!
Great place
This place is a must when you visit Cobh, loads inside, information, toilets , gift shop , cafe , and the Queens town story self guided tour, it cost €15 per adult our child was free. It tells you story of the Titanic and irish emigration it was very interesting we'll worth the money. Staff were very friendly, it is free to go in you only pay if you do the tour, if you want to go cafe etc it's free.
Great Museum
A really good museum, right in the centre of town. A great insight into the history of this town specifically and Ireland more broadly.
Find your Irish roots at the Cobh Heritage Center
Wow the geneology review by Christy Keating at the Cobh Heritage Museum was a high point for both my sister and me. Christy worked very hard going through records to find my brother in law's Irish roots and so we went back later in the week for him to review our family. He is a delight and makes the search for your Irish roots really fun!I The museum was great too and we n=bought some Aran knits at the store there and had some warm hot chocolate in the cafe. A lovely cold day spent in COBH! We rented a taxi to show us the town in 2 hours and that was a wonderful experience too! Wonderful people and great place!