Cobh’s historic Titanic pier sold

Speculation surrounds the future of Cobh’s Titanic pier — the last piece of terra firma on which stood the 123 passengers who boarded the ill-fated liner in April 1912.

Cobh’s historic Titanic pier sold

February’s meeting of Cobh Town Council heard town manager, Louis Duffy, confirm rumours that the structure had been purchased. The buyer is understood to be Titanic Experience — a highly acclaimed Titanic-themed visitors’ centre on the site of the White Star Line ticket office adjacent to the pier, at Casement Square.

The wooden structure is in considerable disrepair and some bracing work has been undertaken to secure it in recent days. While welcoming the purchase as a positive development, the town council expressed frustration that efforts to acquire the jetty as a monument under public ownership were now dashed.

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