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Next up was our first Irish port with the odd name of
Cobh (pronounced Cove), which serves as the port for
nearby Cork. On a beautiful sunny day, we docked con-
veniently in the center of town, we made the short walk
to the train station. We were fortunate to run into a
young man in an official greeter green vest who helped
us get tickets to Cork on the next train, which would fill
up quickly with our fellow cruise passengers. We took
our place on the station platform and watched the
crowd grow for the train due in about 30 minutes.
After a short ride, we and dozens of other ship’s pas-
sengers and crew poured out of Cork’s Kent Station
and into the streets. We didn’t have a tour planned;
instead, the day was open to a bit of serendipity, some-
thing we try to include in our travels. So we followed
the long snake-like a line of fellow visitors walking to
the town center.
Cobh, formerly called
Queenstown, looks much
as it did a hundred years
ago as our ship pulls into
port.

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