Cobh
Cobh is a port in Cork Harbour, County Cork, in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for Cork city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 14,100 residents
- Description: town in Ireland
- Also known as: “Cóbh”
- Historically known as: “Queenstown”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Spike Island and Cobh.
Spike Island
Islet
Photo: Kondephy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spike Island is an island of 103 acres in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Originally the site of a monastic settlement, the island is dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named Fort Mitchel.
Cobh
Railway station
Cobh railway station serves the town of Cobh, County Cork. It is located in a red brick building adjacent to the town's Cobh Heritage Centre. It is the terminus of the on Cork–Cobh section of the Cork Suburban Rail line.
Haulbowline
Islet
Photo: Arco Ardon, CC BY 2.0.
Haulbowline is an island in Cork Harbour off the coast of Ireland. The world's first yacht club was founded on Haulbowline in 1720. The western side of the island is the main naval base and headquarters for the Irish Naval Service, with the eastern side previously used for heavy industry and later redeveloped as a park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crosshaven and Passage West.
Crosshaven
Photo: lizard queen, CC BY 2.0.
Crosshaven is a coastal village in County Cork, with a population of 3300 in 2022. It's at the point where the River Owenabue flows into Cork Harbour, and its Irish name is Bun an Tabhairne, "mouth of the river Sabhrann".
Passage West
Town
Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Passage West is a port town in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Cork Harbour, some 10 km south-east of Cork city. Passage West was designated a conservation area in the 2003 Cork County Development Plan. Passage West is situated 3½ km northwest of Cobh.
Ringaskiddy
Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ringaskiddy is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road.
Cobh
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.8501° or 51° 51′ 0″ northLongitude
-8.2943° or 8° 17′ 39″ westPopulation
14,100Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE COBOpen location code
9C3HVP24+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 52260991OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Cobh” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Cobh”
- Arabic: “كوف”
- Asturian: “Cobh”
- Basque: “Cobh”
- Breton: “An Cóbh”
- Bulgarian: “Коув”
- Catalan: “Cobh”
- Cebuano: “Cobh”
- Chinese: “科夫”
- Chinese: “科芙”
- Czech: “an Cóbh”
- Czech: “Cobh”
- Czech: “Queenstown”
- Danish: “Cobh”
- Dutch: “Cobh”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوف”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه كوف”
- Esperanto: “Cobh”
- Estonian: “Cobh”
- Finnish: “Cobh”
- French: “Cobh”
- German: “Cobh”
- Greek: “Κομπ”
- Hebrew: “קוב”
- Hungarian: “Cobh”
- Indonesian: “Cobh”
- Irish: “An Cóbh”
- Italian: “Cobh”
- Japanese: “コーヴ”
- Korean: “코브”
- Lithuanian: “Kovas”
- Maltese: “Cobh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cobh”
- Norwegian: “Cobh”
- Ossetian: “Ков”
- Persian: “کبه (ایرلند)”
- Persian: “کبه”
- Persian: “کوو”
- Polish: “Cobh”
- Portuguese: “Cobh”
- Romanian: “Cobh”
- Romanian: “Queenstown”
- Russian: “Ков”
- Serbian: “Коув”
- Silesian: “Cobh”
- Slovak: “Cobh”
- Slovenian: “Cobh”
- Spanish: “Cobh”
- Spanish: “Queenstown”
- Swedish: “Cobh”
- Thai: “โคฟ”
- Turkish: “Cobh”
- Ukrainian: “Ков”
- Urdu: “کوہوہ”
- Welsh: “Cobh”
- “Cobh”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Cobh”. Photo: J.Pollock, CC BY-SA 3.0.