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QUEENSTOWN (formerly COVE OF CORK)

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 741 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PYR-RAY
QUEENSTOWN (formerly COVE OF 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.


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