See also:

• QUEENSTOWN
• QUEENSTOWN (formerly COVE OF CORK)

QUEENSTOWN (formerly See also:

• COVE

COVE OF See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

CORK)  , a seaport, watering-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and See also:

• NAVAL

naval station of See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

Cork, See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, picturesquely situated on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, on the slope of an See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence rising abruptly above Cork See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

Harbour . Pop . (1901) 7909 . It is 12 M . E.S.E. of Cork and 177 M . S.W.of See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin by the Great See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern & Western railway . It consists chiefly of terraces rising one above another with wide streets and handsome houses . On See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the mildness of the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate it is frequented by visitors both in summer and See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter . Previous to the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, See also:

• COVE

Cove of Cork was a small fishing See also:

• VILLAGE

village, but it subsequently increased rapidly . It received its See also:

• PRESENT

present name on the occasion of the visit in 1849 of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, being her first landing-place in Ireland . The See also:

• TOWN

town is governed by an See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . The harbour, which is defended by the See also:

• CARLISLE
• CARLISLE, EARLS OF

Carlisle and See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden Forts at its entrance, and by Fort Westmoreland on Spike Island, can shelter a large See also:

• FLEET

fleet .

Spike, Rocky and' Haulbowline islands are used in the formation of a See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government dockyard, which with the adjoining victualling yard covers an See also:

• AREA

area of 55 acres . There is an enclosed See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin 9 acres in extent, with 32 ft . 8 in. See also:

• DEPTH

depth over the See also:

• SILL
• SILL (O.Eng. syl, Mid. E. sylle, selle; the word appears in Icel. syll, svill, Swed. syll, and Dan. syld, and in German, as Schwelle; Skeat refers to the Teutonic root swal-, swell, the word meaning the rise or swell formed by a beam at a threshold; the L
• SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND (1841-1887)

sill at high-See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring tides; and a dry See also:

• DOCK

dock at its southern end has a length of 408 ft. on the blocks . See also:

• QUEENSTOWN
• QUEENSTOWN (formerly COVE OF CORK)

Queenstown is a See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for American See also:

• MAIL

mail steamers, and the mails are transmitted overland by See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express trains; it is also a port of embarkation for colonial troops, and a government See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration station . The See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral's See also:

• FLAGSHIP

flagship is stationed here . The See also:

• OLDEST

oldest yacht See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom, the Royal Cork (founded in 1720 as the Cork Harbour Water Club), has its headquarters here, with a club-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, and holds an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual regatta . Among the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of St See also:

• COLMAN, GEORGE (1732–1794)
• COLMAN, SAINT (d. 676)
• COLMAN, SAMUEL (1832– )

Colman for the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of See also:

• CLOYNE

Cloyne, designed by A . W . See also:

• PUGIN, AUGUSTUS WELBY NORTHMORE (1812-1852)

Pugin, and the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Episcopal See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church for the united parishes of See also:

• CLONMEL

Clonmel and See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple See also:

• ROBIN

Robin . A See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• PROMENADE

promenade, over a mile in length, connects Queenstown with Rushbrook, a favourite watering-place . The picturesque shores of the harbour are dotted with See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country residences and village-resorts, such as Crosshavcn and Church See also:

• BAY

Bay .