What Was Happening In Cobh In 1920?
America 2020 – Ireland 1920, Who Learned From Who? By Kieran McCarthy November 3rd, 2020 and the weeks leading up to it will go down in American and World history as the time when the people of that nation went…
What Cobh Was Up To In 1916
Westview RIC Barracks in Cobh If it’s true that a picture can say a thousand words, then the above photograph must be a true expression of that rule.Those with only a cursory knowledge of Cobh’s republican history might instantly recognise…
Death On The Pier
The Full Story Finally Told Reviewed by Kieran McCarthy In an era and society that listens to almost daily calls for public enquiries into various scandals involving state, voluntary and religious bodies, to establish the truth around institutional wrong-doing, I…
Launch Night June 2017
In Photo: (from l-r) Clr, Diarmaid O'Cadhla, Clr. Anthony Barry, Deputy Mayor Kevin Conway, Clr. Kieran McCarthy, President of Adult Education Network Richard Cooke, Clr. Cathal Rasmussen Cllr. Kieran McCarthy, Historian and Author launches his Cobh Rebel Walking Tours at…
Regrouping For The Next Round
By December 1916, most of the republican Internees in Wales had already been released. By now the British Government had realised the own goal it had scored after the execution of the Volunteer leaders. The mood in Ireland had been…
“Aud” anchor must not be moved!
Historic “Aud” anchor must not be moved from Cobhby the Cobh 1916 Commemoration CommitteeThe Cobh 1916 Commemoration Committee has expressed concern that plans may be afoot to remove the iconic anchor from the historic 1916 arms ship Aud from the town where it…
Why History Screams Out That The “AUD” Anchor Should Remain In Cobh
Some of you no doubt, have been reading reports in the media and on sites such as this about the controversy surrounding the historical anchor of the ‘Aud’ – the German arms ship which was scuttled 8 miles outside Cork…
1918 The Year of Widespread Change and Great Hope
There has been much commentary in the Irish and British media over the last week to mark the centenary of when women were first granted the right to vote. 1918 was important and significant for a number of other…
Cobh & The Australian Connection
"Thousands of Australians travel to Ireland every year in search of ancestors and family connections. They’re often the descendants of more than 40-000 convicts who were transported to Australia from the small coastal town of Cobh in Southern Cork in the early 1800’s. Cobh was also a key…
Discover the fascinating town of Cobh, Ireland
I would like to share with you all a wonderful write up on Cobh by Dawn Stephens-Borg of ROL Cruise Ltd who interviewed Hendrick Verway of Visit Cobh about our fair town.We all know there is lots for visitors to our town to do, and…