Titanic Trail - St. Colman's Cathedral - Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
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BruceS
N 51° 51.071 W 008° 17.586
29U E 548689 N 5744722
Historical marker giving brief history of Catholic cathedral and its appearance when Titanic made its final port of call in Cobh (then known as Queenstown).
Waymark Code: WMADK0
Location: Ireland
Date Posted: 01/01/2011
Views: 9
Text of marker:
St. Colman's Cathedral
Foundation stone laid in 1868
Completed 1916
Architects: Ashlin and Pugin
Photographs taken from the tenders to the Titanic show the Cathedral without its spire. Today the spire contains the largest carillon in Ireland or Britain. It has 49 bells the largest weighing 3.6 tonnes.
Group that erected the marker: Cobh
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Cathedral Place
Cobh, County Cork Ireland
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