Boarding card
A real passenger.
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An interactive museum in the original White Star Line ticket office in the seaside town of Cobh, then called Queenstown, which was the last port where the Titanic called before its tragic voyage in 1912. From this building the last passengers to board the ship set off on small tenders that carried them out to it in the harbour; the guided tour retraces their steps and shares true stories and survivors' accounts of that night. Every visitor gets a boarding card in the name of a real passenger and learns their fate at the end of the tour, a moving touch that brings history close. Cobh itself is a lovely town of colourful houses stepped up the hill below its towering cathedral. Adult tickets are €13; it opens 09:00–18:00 on weekdays and until 18:30 at weekends, per the official website. Trains run from Cork to Cobh in about 25 minutes, and it pairs well with Spike Island.
A real passenger.
The original.
Painted bright.
White Star Line Building, Cobh, Cork Harbour
€13 for adults for a guided tour; it opens 09:00–18:00 on weekdays, per the official website.
