Eastward through Co. Cork

Trip Start Sep 04, 2005

Trip End Oct 05, 2005

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Where I stayed

Tearman Bed & Breakfast

(Cobh hotels)

Flag of Ireland Cobh, Ireland
Saturday, October 1, 2005

Eileen helps us call to reserve our first choice B&B before we check out with her and hit the road again. We've loved our old stone farmhouse, bay and field views, and neighboring horses, but not the lousy weather! However, we remind ourselves that it IS October now. Still, we miss our blue Colorado skies...

The main highways in southern Ireland are more like American roads, straight and smooth, so we make great time driving to Cobh, a small town on an island in Cork City harbor. First stop is the Midleton Distillery which makes Jameson Irish Whiskey. Everyone gets to taste a good sized shot at the tour's end, and John volunteered to be a whiskey taste-tester along with another woman. They followed the guide's instructions to compare 5 shots of Irish and American whiskey and scotch. He preferred the scotch and Marilynn couldn't drink any of them...

Then we returned to Cobh to see The Queenstown Story, a museum devoted to Cobh's long history including being an emigration departure port during the 1846 famine and for convicts transported to Australia. It was the last port of the Titanic before sinking and the Lusitania was sunk just offshore.

We stayed at the Tearman B&B which we strongly recommend. Period home, lovely gardens, beautiful antique furnishings, comfortable beds. Bernadette and Wally were charming, friendly and helpful - she called ahead to our future stops for reservations and recommended a nice restaurant. So we walked to it along the river and had a nice meal on the water at the Rushbrook Hotel.