Experience the poignant Emigration & Maritime Story at Cobh Heritage Centre in Cobh, County Cork. The dramatic exhibition brings to existence the origins, records and legacy of Cobh and its function in Irish emigration as well as tales of the sick-fated Titanic and Lusitania. The Cobh Heritage Centre houses the Queenstown Story, an exhibition protecting the maritime and naval records of the location. The exhibition also tells the tale of the numerous hundreds of thousands of emigrants who left Ireland, some in seek of recent lives in America, and others—generally convicts—banished to far-away British colonies, which includes Australia. Visitors in Cobh can pre-purchase pass-the-line tickets and explore the exhibition with the useful resource of an audio manual. The Cobh Heritage Centre is regularly visited as part of organized day journeys from Dublin, all through which participants travel by means of, educate and explore each Cork and Cobh. Some shore tours from Cobh encompass a visit to the Cobh Heritage Centre too. Retrace the stairs of 2.5 million adults and youngsters who emigrated from Ireland through Cobh on coffin ships, early steamers and ultimately at the top notch ocean liners.