I woke up at 5am again today and got down to the train station around 6:30. The train left at 7 and arrived in Cork around 10. We drove out to the castle and it was a beautiful day!
A grandmother & grandfather were there with their 15 year old grandson and I kind of tagged along with them. (They offered, I didn't impose.) There were only 7 of us on the trip which was really nice.
First I explored a dungeon and then the grandson and I climbed to the top to kiss the stone!
Pretty eh?
From there we did a tour around the city of Cork which was alright.
Then we stopped at a very nice cathedral (St. Colemans). This was the last thing the immigrants saw when they left.
From there we stopped to see the dock that all the immigrants walked out on when they left Ireland most likely the last time...
Finally we stopped at Cobh (formerly Queenstown) to see where the immigrants were processed. This is also the place where the Lusitania and Titanic left for the last time. The statue of Annie Moore is outside. She was the first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island.
I sat with another girl from our group (from NJ, works in NYC) who was traveling alone on the train on the way back to Dublin. She was really cool too.
The tour guide, Liam, was friggin awesome! Funny old guy hehe ^_^
So, it was another long day but I had fun. It was nice to see where my ancestors probably left their home land for the final time, and yet the place was a little depressing. (Liam said that it was also called the Dock of Tears.)
Well - one day to go and I'm coming back to the States :'( I'm really looking forward to Malahide Castle and the GhostBust though.
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