Property Focus: Cobh's past and present reflected in its diversity of properties

From large country houses from the 1800s to new developments, there's a wealth of variety on offer for home buyers

Fishing boats tied up at the Cork harbour town of Cobh. Picture: Larry Cummins

Before becoming a satellite town for commuters from Cork City, the harbour town of Cobh has, during its history, enjoyed a variety of different incarnations.

It’s been a naval military base, a Victorian health resort and a point of departure for 2.5m Irish emigrants, as well as the final port of call for the ill-fated Titanic. Renamed Queenstown for a time, it’s a cathedral town that had steelworks and shipbuilding and, until the pandemic halted traffic, was a popular tourist port, visited by cruise liners from around the globe.