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church in

Cobh Cobh ( ,), known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. With a population of 14,148 inhabitants at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, Cobh is on the south si ...

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, Ireland. It is today a museum, the Cobh Museum, which tells the history of the town.

Architecture

The building is in the "Hard"

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style, with three-

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

, single-bay

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to east and a three-stage, stepped tower with an octagonal limestone spire with consoles to the south elevation. It was designed by

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History

Church

The church was built in 1854. It closed in 1965, and was gifted to Cork County Library in 1973.

Museum

Cobh Museum opened in 1973. It tells the social and commercial history of Cove/Queenstown/Cobh, with a focus on maritime and military history. It contains artifacts from the RMS ''Lusitania''.

References

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