Cobh is a beautiful, colourful town steeped in history in county Cork. The port, which has had three names was first called Cove in 1750. It was renamed by the British as Queenstown in 1849 a visit by Queen Victoria to Ireland. In 1921 when the Irish Free State was established the name was changed to Cobh, in its Irish form. One of the major transatlantic Irish ports, the town was the departure point for 2.5 million of the six million Irish people who emigrated to North America between 1848 and 1950.
The history of immigration & deportation leaving from this famous port to different parts of the world.
Annie Moore and her two younger brothers left Queenstown on December 20th 1891 bound for the United States. Through a twist of fate their ship
took longer to make the journey and they finally arrived on 1st January 1892. This day was the opening of New Yorks, Ellis Island which had been newly built to process immigrants. Annie Moore was the first Irish immigrant to there giving her a place in history.
