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-place, and naval station of county Cork, Ireland, picturesquely situated on the south side of Great Island, on the slope of an eminence rising abruptly above Cork Harbour . Pop . (1901) 7909 . It is 12 M . E.S.E. of Cork and 177 M . S.W.of Dublin by the Great Southern & Western railway . It consists chiefly of terraces rising one above another with wide streets and handsome houses . On account of the mildness of the climate it is frequented by visitors both in summer and winter . Previous to the American War, Cove of Cork was a small fishing village, but it subsequently increased rapidly . It received its present name on the occasion of the visit in 1849 of Queen Victoria, being her first landing-place in Ireland . The town is governed by an urban district council . The harbour, which is defended by the Carlisle and Camden Forts at its entrance, and by Fort Westmoreland on Spike Island, can shelter a large fleet .

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

government dockyard, which with the adjoining victualling yard covers an area of 55 acres . There is an enclosed basin 9 acres in extent, with 32 ft . 8 in. depth over the sill at high-water spring tides; and a dry dock at its southern end has a length of 408 ft. on the blocks . Queenstown is a port of call for American mail steamers, and the mails are transmitted overland by express trains; it is also a port of embarkation for colonial troops, and a government emigration station . The admiral's flagship is stationed here . The oldest yacht club in the United Kingdom, the Royal Cork (founded in 1720 as the Cork Harbour Water Club), has its headquarters here, with a club-house, and holds an annual regatta . Among the principal buildings are the modern Catholic cathedral of St Colman for the diocese of Cloyne, designed by A . W . Pugin, and the Protestant Episcopal church for the united parishes of Clonmel and Temple Robin . A fine promenade, over a mile in length, connects Queenstown with Rushbrook, a favourite watering-place . The picturesque shores of the harbour are dotted with country residences and village-resorts, such as Crosshavcn and Church Bay .