Cobh & the Titanic
The final port of call
On 11 April 1912, the RMS Titanic anchored off Roche's Point. She was too large to enter the harbour, so 123 passengers were ferried out by tender from the town then called Queenstown. Most of the buildings they walked past — the White Star Line offices, the cathedral on the hill, the terraced houses tumbling down to the water — are still here.
Cobh remembers more than the disaster. The town also tended the dead and survivors of the Lusitania three years later, and emigration through this port shaped Irish-American history for nearly a century.
The Titanic trail in Cobh
Stop 1
Titanic ExperienceInside the original White Star Line ticket office.
Stop 2
Cobh Heritage CentreEmigration history including Titanic context.
Stop 3
Old Church CemeteryMass grave of Lusitania victims; Titanic-era memorials.
Stop 4
The PromenadeWalk where the tenders carried passengers out to RMS Titanic.
Stop 5
St Colman's CathedralThe skyline that the last passengers saw from the tenders.
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If you want the most practical version of the story, follow the Cobh Titanic walking route. For the longer story of how the town shifted from Queenstown back to Cobh and what that says about emigration, empire and identity, see our history pages.