Cork Harbour is situated on the south coast of Ireland. The harbour is reputed as being the second largest navigable harbour in the World, after Sydney, Australia.

Cork has a rich maritime past, closely interlinked with the histories of both Ireland and Great Britain. Today it has an industrial base, as well as an important cargo and passenger port. It is also the headquarters of the Irish Naval Service.

Cork Harbour was Ireland's most important emigration port, from before the Irish Famine to the advent of transatlantic air travel.

In the summer, cruise ships and leisure craft bring a great vibrancy to this port, but it will never reach the frenetic scenes of the 19th Century, when it was not uncommon to see up to 300 vessels waiting in the harbour, to be convoyed to the West Indies, or America.

This site is not meant to be a definitive history of Cork Harbour, but is an eclectic mix of pages from it's past. Some of the accounts are well known, while others have been vitually forgotten..

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