Inspired by the death of Latimer's father, he and Hoover then wrote Harbour of Tears ( nickname for Cobh ( pronounced ' cove ') harbour in Ireland from which many sailed off to the USA during the Potato Famine ) under the Camel name, which was released in 1996.

In August 1897, the wreck of the Puffin was towed into Cobh harbour.

* Cobh, Ireland, was called " Queenstown " between 1849 and 1922

Artaud traveled to Ireland, landing at Cobh and travelling to Galway, in an effort to return the staff, though he spoke very little English and was unable to make himself understood.

This remained the town's name until 1920 when it was renamed Cobh with the foundation of the Irish Free State.

The Royal Cork Yacht Club ( RCYC ) was based for many years in Cobh and the present Sirius Arts Centre was formerly a clubhouse of the RCYC organisation.

For instance, Cobh was of major tactical military importance as a naval base during the Napoleonic wars between France and England.

One of the major transatlantic Irish ports, Cobh was the departure point for 2. 5 million of the six million Irish people who emigrated to North America between 1848 and 1950.

Cobh was also a major embarkation port for men, women and children who were deported to penal colonies such as Australia.

The original pier ( as it appeared in 2007 ) that passengers used to board tenders to get to the Titanic, which was anchored near the mouth of Cobh harbour.

Cobh railway station opened on 10 March 1862 and was closed for goods traffic on 3 November 1975.

Keane impressed Forest manager Brian Clough and his staff, and eventually a deal for Keane worth £ 47, 000 was struck with Cobh Ramblers in the summer of 1990.

The club was established at the Cove of Cork ( now Cobh ) in 1720 and holds the title of the oldest in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

He did not know that the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Craigavon was urging London to seize the port at Cobh, or that attempts had been made to split the consensus over the Neutrality policy.

Edwards was born on 3 October 1894 in Queenstown, ( now named Cobh ), County Cork.

CRFC was originally a field hockey club but until the British withdrawal from Ireland many club members played football with the soldiers who were stationed at Cobh, leading to the Ramblers ' eventual re-formation as a football club.

On the 10th of November 2007 Cobh Ramblers beat Athlone Town 1-0 in Lissywoollen in what was a tense and nervous display.

John Loesberg points out that although the song is now closely associated with Cobh in Co Cork, it probably originated in Wales where it was known as Old Swansea Town Once More, or sometimes as The Lass of Swansea Town.

However, the bridge was deemed necessary as a rail link between north and south Dublin, and to facilitate the movement of transatlantic mail coming from Kingstown ( Dún Laoghaire ) and Queenstown ( Cobh ).

The island also had a small civilian population, which was serviced by a small school, church and ferry ( launch ) service to Cobh.

He was held for a number of hours at Cobh Garda station under section 26 of the Criminal Justice ( Theft and Fraud Offences ) Act.

It also has an exhibition on the history of the RMS Titanic, whose last port of call before it sank was Cobh ( then Queenstown ).

Liverpool, fielding players from their reserve and youth teams ( the home side supplemented their line-up with a number of players from prominent Cork-based clubs like Avondale United and Cobh Ramblers ) won the game by one goal to nil in front of 6, 800 fans, and Gardaí estimated that more than 15, 000 people visited Dunmanway on the day to catch a glimpse of the Liverpool stars of the future.

The club, founded in 1922 and elected to the league in 1985, hails from Cobh, County Cork and play their home matches at St. Colman's Park.

It is home to Cobh Ramblers F. C.

De Valera had good relations with the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain and not only had been able to gain British recognition of the new constitution, but had negotiated the return of the Treaty Ports ( three Irish ports – the coastal defences at Cobh Harbour and Bere Island in Co. Cork, and Lough Swilly in Co. Donegal that had remained under British jurisdiction after the Treaty ), and resolved their economic differences.

Wolfe remained at Donoughmore until 1820, but, rejected by the woman for whom he gave up his academic career, and with his only real friend in County Tyrone now dead ( Meredith ), he moved to Cobh, where he remained until his death three years later from consumption ( tuberculosis ), caught from a cow at the age of 31.

As the shipping channels get shallower the farther inland one travels, access becomes constricted, and only vessels up to can sail above Cobh.

With Ramblers having played all but four of their League of Ireland campaigns in the First Division, they rarely get to play their local rivals Cork City, a Premier Division team, with the two usually only being able to match up in pre-season friendlies and the occasional cup match, Cobh being the minnows in terms of League of Ireland experience.

The 2007 season started sluggishly with a number of defeats and ' bore draws ' notably against Monaghan United, but a lengthy unbeaten run left the club in second place in the league, only one point behind Cobh Ramblers.

After leaving Chelsea in February 1989 he came out of retirement to sign for Cobh Ramblers However, he only played one league game before returning to England.

Sonia O ' Sullivan ( born 28 November 1969, in Cobh, County Cork ) is an former Irish athlete.

: Cobh Rural, Knockraha, in the former Rural District of Cork ;

Attractions include the Blarney Stone and Cobh, the port where many Irish emigrants boarded for their voyage to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States and also the last stop of the Titanic, before departing on its fated journey.

He would not have been admitted at Cobh, according to Irish government documents, except that he carried a letter of introduction from the Paris embassy.

Cobh is a gaelicization of the English name Cove and has no meaning in the Irish language.

Today, the Irish Naval Service is based on Haulbowline island facing Cobh.

* Haulbowline Island which faces Cobh town is the headquarters of the Irish Naval Service, formerly a British naval base.

In 1989, he eventually signed for the semi-professional Irish club Cobh Ramblers after persuasion from Ramblers ' youth team manager Eddie O ' Rourke.

The other Cork Harbour towers are at Ringaskiddy, Haulbowline Island ( now part of the Irish Naval Service HQ ) and at Belvelly and Rossleague on the Great Island ( near Cobh ).

The tie has gone down in history as one of the most epic encounters ever seen and earned Cobh the respect of Rovers and the Irish footballing public.

Following the establishment of the Irish Free State, three deep water Treaty Ports at Berehaven, Queenstown ( modern Cobh ) and Lough Swilly were retained by the United Kingdom in accordance with the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 6 December 1921.

In 1922, under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty that followed the Irish War of Independence, the British withdrew from most of Ireland but three deep water Treaty Ports, at Berehaven, Queenstown ( renamed Cobh ) and Lough Swilly, were retained as sovereign bases until 1938.