School Resource Packs: Cork 1912-1918

Resource Pack 9: 1917 Innisfallen Ship

http://www.corkarchives.ie/media/U370web.pdf Plans of many of the company’s vessels may be viewed on the website (with kind assistance of the Heritage Council): http://www.corkarchives.ie/onlineexhibitions/cityofcorksteampacketcoltd/

ELSEWHERE AND ONLINE

Cobh Museum

http://www.cobhmuseum.com/exhibitions.html

Good site with a range of exhibitions (present and past) dealing with all aspects of the port’s past.

Usborne Family Tree Life in Queenstown (Cobh) 1880-1890

http://www.usbornefamilytree.com/queenstown1890.htm

A good article discussing how middle class and upper class people lived in Queenstown when it was a British naval base.

Meitheal Mara Ocean to City - An Rás Mór & the Cork Harbour Festival

http://www.meithealmara.ie/index.php/maritime-activities/ocean-to-city-maritime-festival

The recently developed Ocean to City race might be a good event for students in transition year to build towards over a year as part of Gaisce

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