Day 3 - Cobh

St. Colman's Cathedral

Overlooking Cobh from the cathedral

Cultural Center














St. Colman's towering over the city














Across the street from the cathedral















Statue of the first Irish to register at Ellis Island















Outside the White House B&B in Blarney















The White House B&B
Pat & Regina Coughlan, proprietors

I wrote today's blog, then lost it. Trying again and keeping my fingers crossed! Not spacing correctly, but you get the idea!

We left Blarney this morning, driving a short distance through the large, modern city of Cork to the suburb of Cobh, pronounced "Cove." Our first itinerary included Cork, but when Dr. Pippenger, Daddy's doctor, saw our plans, he thought we might like Cobh better. It is a small, historical town on the harbor, with steeply terraced rows of houses and shops. St. Colman's, an imposing Gothic Revival cathedral, overlooks the entire city. We were disappointed in the small shops at water's edge, but the city itself is very lovely and has a nice cultural center which tells the history of Cobh and notable events. Americans will appreciate that Cobh is the last port of call of the ill-fated "Titanic," and also that the first people to register at Ellis Island, a young girl and her two small brothers, were from Cobh. (statue pictured above)

I am going to try to upload a couple of videos today. One is of our host from the White House in Blarney giving us directions to Cobh. While Irby and I, the driver and map reader (!), were listening to his instructions, Benjamin thought to grab his camera and capture it. They clip their "d's" and "t's" into a hard "T" sound. It is very lyrical and we enjoy listening to them.


The second video is of the noon carillon at St. Colman's, the oldest carillon in Europe.