Day 4 - Cork to Nenagh

No wonder that Ireland is known as the "Emerald Isle".  All of the countryside we have seen so far is bright green fields, lush grass, hedges, and trees.  We have seen rich pastures heavily stocked with healthy dairy cattle, and some sheep with black faces.

First stop today was the Cobh Cathedral which is in an outstanding location overlooking the second largest natural harbour in the world.

We then visited the Heritage Centre which contains excellent displays of the Titanic disaster and also the Famine Emigration Boats.  There was a list of all the passengers on the Titanic with survivors indicated.  There was also a great deal of information about the failure of the potato crops and the subsequent millions of people who emigrated in order to avoid starvation.

A visit to a deep limestone cave was very interesting but photography was not permitted.  A picnic lunch there in the sunshine was very pleasant.

Drove through tiny villages along narrow winding roads to a small but quaint hotel in Nenagh for the night.

Very large and beautiful cathedral overlooking the waterfront at Cobh (pronounced Cove)

The interior of this beautiful cathedral

The Heritage Centre at Cobh.

Inside the Heritage Centre.  This point was the last port before the Titanic departed from Ireland headed for Ellis Island in New York.

These cases are believed to be actual luggage belonging to Titanic passengers.

Border for entry into Tipperary County

Narrow two-way roads in rural Ireland.

Views of bridges and castles like this are very common