Cobh, Spike Island and Great Island by Bike
Cork, Ireland
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Cobh, Spike Island and Great Island by Bike
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Cork Harbour is one of the largest natural harbours in the world and the history is stacked up around it. Spike Island began as a 7th-century monastery and became a convict depot so notorious it got called Ireland's Alcatraz; you tour the cells of the star fort begun in 1790 and rebuilt far larger from 1804, renamed Fort Mitchel in 1938. Back in Cobh, the Titanic Experience occupies the actual White Star Line ticket office where 123 passengers boarded the ship at Queenstown in April 1912, and St Colman's above the town has Ireland's only carillon, 49 bells, the largest in these islands. The causeway takes you on to Fota.
Required Activities
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of 5
Take the ferry from Cobh to Spike Island, the fortress island in Cork Harbour, once a 7th-century monastery and later a convict depot known as Ireland's Alcatraz
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of 5
Tour the Fort Mitchel prison on Spike Island, the star fort whose cells held the convicts
3
of 5
Visit the Titanic Experience Cobh in the old White Star Line ticket office, from which 123 passengers boarded Titanic at Queenstown in April 1912
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of 5
Go into St Colman's Cathedral in Cobh and hear its carillon, Ireland's only one, with 49 bells
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of 5
Cycle Great Island, the island Cobh is on, on the road over the causeway to Fota Island and Fota House and Arboretum
Take the ferry from Cobh to Spike Island, the fortress island in Cork Harbour, once a 7th-century monastery and later a convict depot known as Ireland's Alcatraz
Tour the Fort Mitchel prison on Spike Island, the star fort whose cells held the convicts
Visit the Titanic Experience Cobh in the old White Star Line ticket office, from which 123 passengers boarded Titanic at Queenstown in April 1912
Go into St Colman's Cathedral in Cobh and hear its carillon, Ireland's only one, with 49 bells
Cycle Great Island, the island Cobh is on, on the road over the causeway to Fota Island and Fota House and Arboretum
Before you go
Book the Spike Island ferry before you go — it is a popular trip and sailings are limited.
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