The second largest natural harbor in the world, Cork Harbour in the southwest of Ireland helped shape Irish and world history today. Cork Harbour, on the south coast of Ireland, is the second largest natural harbor in the world after Sydney Harbour in Australia. It has helped to shape world history and today is a thriving port and emerging tourism hub.
The Lower Harbour is a vast expanse of sheltered water that has six significant islands. All, apart from Spike Island are now connected to the mainland. Great Island is the largest island with the town of Cobh dominating its southern shore.
The harbor entrance is a narrow channel at Roches Point, just under one mile wide and Cork City is located 9 miles upstream from here on the banks of the River Lee. Cobh, Cork. From 1848 to 1950, over 6 million adults and children emigrated from Ireland – over 2.
5 million departed from Cobh in Cork Harbour, making it the single most important port of emigration. Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! Annie Moore and her two brothers were three such emigrants who left Queenstown (now Cobh) on the SS Nevada on Dec 20, 1891. Annie Moore became the first ever immigrant to be processed on Ellis Island in the United States when it officially opened on 1st January 1892.
A statue of Annie and her brothers stands on the quayside in Cobh, while a statue of Annie herself stands on Ellis Island. The Annie Moore statue at Cobh. In the early part of the 18th centu.