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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

April 15th - Not just Tax Day - Cobh, Ireland




     Cobh, Ireland is on the south coast. It is a major stop for large ships either going around the nation or the last stop before crossing the Atlantic. Cruise ships stop there today.
     Cobh also was a rescue station for many ships lost during World War I and II. Rescue boats went out from there to take on passengers. Several ships went down with a history coupled with Cobh. One was the Titanic. The Titanic sunk on April 15th - tax day for the United States when some of sink in a different way,
    At top is a city street just above the docks. The middle photo shows one of the early day ships. The bottom photo is of a plaque regarding the April 12, 1847 sinking of an American Ship, The USS Jamestown.
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