Cobh Museum, Cobh

Name: Cobh Museum
Address: Scots Church, High Rd, Cobh, Ireland
Telephone: +353 21 481 4240

#3 among attractions in Cobh

Church, Gothic Revival architecture

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The Scots Church is a former Presbyterian church in Cobh, Ireland. It is today a museum, the Cobh Museum, which tells the history of the town. ()

Architectural style: Gothic revivalCoordinates: 51°50'58"N, 8°17'58"W

Address

Scots Church, High RdCobh Ireland

Contact

+353 21 481 4240

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Cobh Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh Heritage Centre, Old Church Cemetery, Sirius Arts Centre.

~1500 ftNE
Imposing cathedral made from granite
St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh
8 min walk • St. Colman's Cathedral stands as a magnificent beacon on the skyline of Cobh, Ireland, a town steeped in maritime and emigrant history. This neo-Gothic cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of St Colman, dominates the town's elevated backdrop, offering an...
~200 ftSE
Specialty museum, Museum, Maritime museum
Cobh Heritage Centre, Cobh
1 min walk • The Cobh Heritage Centre is a museum located in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. It is attached to Cobh railway station. The "Queenstown Experience", located at the centre, has mostly permanent exhibitions of Irish history.
1 miN
Cemetery
Old Church Cemetery, Cobh
25 min walk • The Old Church Cemetery is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland which contains a significant number of important burials, including a number 3 mass graves and several individual graves containing the remains of 193 victims of the...
~570 ftE
51°50'57"N • 8°17'49"W
Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
3 min walk • Museum
1.1 miE
Lighthouse
Spit Bank Lighthouse
29 min walk • The Spit Bank Lighthouse close to Cobh in County Cork, Ireland is a screw-pile lighthouse which marks a shallow bank in the navigable channels of lower Cork Harbour. The platform was built by the blind Irish engineer Alexander Mitchell, with the lighthouse itself designed by George Halpin.
0.5 miS
Island
Haulbowline, Cobh
14 min walk • Haulbowline is an island in Cork Harbour off the coast of Ireland. The world's first yacht club was founded on Haulbowline in 1720.
1 miE
Forts and castles
Cove Fort
25 min walk • Cove Fort is a small bastioned land battery to the east of Cobh in County Cork, Ireland. Built as a coastal defence fortification in 1743, on instruction of the then Vice-Admiral of the Coast, it replaced a number of temporary coastal artillery batteries which defended Cork Harbour.
0.8 miS
Island
Rocky Island
22 min walk • Rocky Island is located in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Situated between the naval base on Haulbowline Island and the mainland, a gunpowder magazine was constructed on the island by the Board of Ordnance in 1808.
1.2 miS
Universities and schools
National Maritime College of Ireland, Cork
30 min walk • The National Maritime College of Ireland is a public maritime college located in Ringaskiddy, County Cork, Ireland. It is a constituent college of the Munster Technological University.
~1130 ftNW
Sport, Sport venue
St Colman's Park, Cobh
6 min walk • St Colman's Park is a football stadium in Cobh, County Cork. It is home to Cobh Ramblers F.C. of the League of Ireland First Division. The stadium was redeveloped during the mid-2000s.
0.8 miNE
Neighbourhood
Carrignafoy, Cobh
21 min walk • Carrignafoy is a townland on the Great Island in Cork Harbour, Ireland. It extends from the peripheries of Cobh town centre to the countryside areas which lead into Cuskinny and Ballymore.

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Which popular attractions are close to Cobh Museum?

Nearby attractions include Cobh Heritage Centre, Cobh (1 min walk), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh (3 min walk), St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh (8 min walk), Haulbowline, Cobh (14 min walk).