Harbour Trail

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Old Church Graveyard Church Old Dockyard Sea Plane Base Plane Sea House Admiralty Quay Bath’s

Centre/Royal Cork Yacht Club Yacht Cork Centre/Royal Kennedy Pier Kennedy

Cobh Camber Cobh Cobh - - Cobh

Sirius Arts Arts Sirius Cobh Cobh West Passage Aghada (Lower) (Lower) Aghada Cobh Cobh

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HARBOUR RK C

U-Boat Site U-Boat

Queenstown Heritage Centre Heritage Queenstown

Myrtleville Myrtleville

Cork Harbour Cork Haulbowline Haulbowline

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Cobh - - Cobh Railway Station/ Railway Roche’s Point Roche’s 24 4 9

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WW1 Cork Harbour’s trail locations as seen today. (1 - 24) - (1 today. seen as locations trail Harbour’s Cork WW1

Roches Point Point Roches

Fort Fort

Roches Point Roches

Crosshaven Crosshaven Irish Rail Rail Irish

Fort Meagher Fort

R612

Glenbrook/Cobh

Camden Camden

Carrigaline Carrigaline Car Ferry Car

R612 2 Davis

Fort Fort

or Private Property Private or

R613

Currabinny Currabinny

Inaccessible

Island

Trail Location Trail R613

611 R Spike Spike

Ringaskiddy

Whitegate Whitegate

Island Crematorium Island Fort Davis Fort Pier American

Shanbally Shanbally

L2545

Corkbeg

Accessible Roundabout

Aghada Aghada (Upper)

Rocky Island Rocky

Whitegate Cobh

N28

23 3 8 21

N28

Shannon Park Park Shannon Trail Location Trail

2 3 Rocky Island Rocky

R610 L3651

L3658

Haulbowline/

Rafeen Trail Route Trail

R610

8 N28

Rostellan Rostellan

20 7

Monkstown Monkstown

12 Local Roads Local

Aghada Aghada (Lower)

R613

R630 11

13 Glenbrook/Cobh

Regional Roads Regional

Car Ferry Ferry Car

N40

Glenbrook Glenbrook

Saleen Saleen

National Roads National

Cobh

Passage West Passage

East Ferry Ferry East

KEY 6

5 Great Island Great

Rochestown Rochestown

L7009 L3629 R610

Douglas

Camden/Fort Meagher Camden/Fort Whitegate Whitegate Whitepoint House Whitepoint R624

Westbound

Crosshaven Crosshaven Corkbeg Cobh Cobh

2 22 7

N40

Eastbound

N40

R630

R624

ack Lynch Tunnel Lynch ack J

Fota Island Island Fota Little Island Little

R623

Ballynacorra Ballynacorra

N25

N8 Carrigtwohill Carrigtwohill N25

To Cork City City Cork To  N25

L3004

R639

Midleton Midleton N25 Glounthaune Glounthaune

Glanmire Glanmire Rosslare Rosslare 

To Dublin Dublin To  To Waterford To

Cunard Building and Pier and Building Cunard Fort Mitchel Fort Cobh Hospital Cobh Commodore Hotel Commodore WW1 VC Grave VC WW1 Crosshaven Crosshaven CYMS Hall CYMS Cove Fort /Titanic Gardens /Titanic Fort Cove

Cobh Holy Ground, Ground, Holy Cobh Spike Island Island Spike Cobh Cobh Cobh Cobh Aghada (Upper) Aghada Fort Templebreedy Fort Passage West West Passage Cobh Cobh

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World War 1 (WW1) in Cork Harbour Getting to Cork Harbour During WW1, the British Naval headquarters at Queenstown (the name given to Cobh from 1849 to 1923) covered the Belfast critical sea area from the Sound of Mull in Scotland to Ushant in France. The Royal Navy and later the United IRELAND Dublin Cork States Navy set up anti-submarine patrols from Cork Galway Harbour Area Harbour to protect this area. This effort became crucial To To Dublin To Waterford during Germany’s unrestricted underwater warfare Cork Cork City Rosslare Midleton Harbour campaign in County Jack Lynch 1917-1918. Cork Tunnel The force based Douglas Great Island Passage West Cobh in Cobh consist- Ferry Crossing C RK ed of 1200-ton Spike HARBOUR sloops with Island Aghada Ringaskiddy TRAIL trawlers, drifters, Whitegate destroyers, motor Carrigaline Roches Point launches and Crosshaven Cork Lorem ipsum submarines, to Harbour which were later added minesweepers and disguised armed merchant ships known as ‘Q’ (for Queenstown) ships. The Dedication Acknowledgements lower harbour area could be illuminated at night using The development of the WW1 Photographs and text courtesy of: searchlights located at all of the forts. Cork Harbour Heritage Trail l Imperial War Museum, London, is due to the wonderful vision l National Library of Ireland, Prior to 1941 there were four British military coastal of the late Cllr Claire Cullinane. l The Queenstown Patrol, 1917: defence forts protecting the harbour: Fort Templebreedy She was a great advocate for The diary of Commander Joseph and Fort Camden on the western side; Fort Carlisle on the the heritage potential on a Knefler Taussig, U.S Navy by eastern side and Fort Westmoreland located on Spike national and international basis Taussig, Joseph K. 1877 - 1947. Island in the inner harbour. In addition, other facilities of the whole of Cork Harbour and l Secret Victory: Ireland and the existed within and around the harbour and all of these she first proposed and War at Sea, 1914 - 1918, combined to make Cork Harbour an important asset in the promoted the idea of this trail. by John E. Nolan & Liam Nolan. ultimate allied victory in the Great War, 1914 – 1918. l www.corkshipwrecks.net, l Dennis Horgan, Photographer, Queenstown (Cobh)

Cove Fort Haulbowline Spike Island Fort Westmoreland Cork County Council Fort Comhairle Contae Chorcaí Carlisle Fort Camden Cork Harbour WW1 Cork Harbour Trail Attractions visit Defences https://www.corkcoco.ie/visiting-cork/ww1-cork-harbour-trail during WW1 https://purecork.ie/things-to-do/categories/tours/ww1-cork-harbour-trail Fort Templebreedy Produced by Cork County Council - July 2018 The Great War 1914 - 1918

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on the 11th hour of the year 1918. of the year of the 11th month Established in February 1918. United States Naval Air Service - Aghada Naval States United November 11, @ 11am November 1918 The war officially ended The war Armistic Day, 1918 Armistic Day, The CYMS hall was constructed to to constructed The CYMS hall was a place of entertainment for provide in soldiers based in the area who were embarkation receipt of training prior to duty. active Cobh for from

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First use of poison gas by Germany. First use of poison gas by United States declares war. States United onflict lasted four years, three months four WW1 ends - c onflict lasted Locations on the route One hundred days Allied offensive begins on Germany. Allied offensive 08 One hundred days Aug 11 Nov days. and fourteen Franz Ferdinard of Austria was assassinated. was of Austria Ferdinard June 28 Franz 1914. July 28 WW1 began on 28th July, April 22 Sinking of the RMS Lusitania. 07 May severely was signed. Germany of Versailles June 28 Treaty losses and strict limits on its rights punished with territorial militarily. develop to Feb 21 to Dec 18 - Battle of Verdun to 21 Feb lasting 300 days One of the longest battles War, and German lives. with the cost of 800,000 French 18 Nov - The Battle of the Somme to July 01 An estimated One of the bloodiest battles war. killed or wounded. men were 1,000,000 - Battle of Jutland 31 May at sea between fought The only major battle of the war 36 hours) (lasted Britain and Germany. April 06 Facts on WW1 (1914 - 1918) - 1918) on WW1 (1914 Facts

Armistice Day - now Veterans Day Veterans - now Armistice Day 10 restricted sites - 1, sites 20, 22, 23 and 24. 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, restricted 10 restricted sites restricted locations denotes for Blue circles 1 Important Notice are included because of in this brochure The locations listed later, years 1). 100 War during WW1 (World played they the role or are otherwise ownership of these are currently in private many County Council asks that any the public. Cork accessible to not and of landowners this trail respects the privacy person following restrictions on accessing sites. of any note takes 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 surrendering in November 1917. surrendering in November German Submarine U-58 - her crew German Submarine U-58 - her crew

Dockyard Sea Plane Base Plane Sea Graveyard Church Old House Admiralty Quay Bath’s

Kennedy Pier Kennedy Centre/Royal Cork Yacht Club Yacht Cork Centre/Royal

Cobh Camber Cobh - Cobh

Sirius Arts Arts Sirius Passage West Passage Aghada (Lower) (Lower) Aghada Cobh Cobh Cobh

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HARBOUR RK C

U-Boat Site U-Boat

Queenstown Heritage Centre Heritage Queenstown

Myrtleville Myrtleville

Cork Harbour Cork Haulbowline Haulbowline

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Cobh - - Cobh Railway Station/ Railway Roche’s Point Roche’s 24 4 9

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Templebreedy

WW1 Cork Harbour’s trail locations as seen today. (1 - 24) - (1 today. seen as locations trail Harbour’s Cork WW1

Roches Point Point Roches

Fort Fort

Roches Point Roches

Crosshaven Crosshaven Irish Rail Rail Irish

Fort Meagher Fort

R612

Glenbrook/Cobh

Camden Camden

Carrigaline Carrigaline Car Ferry Car

R612 2 Davis

Fort Fort

or Private Property Private or

R613

Currabinny Currabinny

Inaccessible

Island

Trail Location Trail R613

611 R Spike Spike

Ringaskiddy

Whitegate Whitegate

Island Crematorium Island Fort Davis Fort Pier American

Shanbally Shanbally

L2545

Corkbeg

Accessible Roundabout

Aghada Aghada (Upper)

Rocky Island Rocky Whitegate Cobh

N28

23 3 8 21

N28

Shannon Park Park Shannon Trail Location Trail

2 3 Rocky Island Rocky

R610 L3651

L3658

Haulbowline/

Rafeen Trail Route Trail

R610

8 N28

Rostellan Rostellan

20 7

Monkstown Monkstown

12 Local Roads Local

Aghada Aghada (Lower)

R613

R630 11

13 Glenbrook/Cobh

Regional Roads Regional

Car Ferry Ferry Car

N40

Glenbrook Glenbrook

Saleen Saleen

National Roads National

Cobh

Passage West Passage

East Ferry Ferry East

KEY 6

5 Great Island Great

Rochestown Rochestown

L7009 L3629 R610

Douglas

Whitepoint House Whitepoint Meagher Camden/Fort Whitegate Whitegate R624

Westbound

Cobh Cobh Crosshaven Corkbeg

2 22 7

N40

Eastbound

N40

R630

R624

ack Lynch Tunnel Lynch ack J

Fota Island Island Fota Little Island Little

R623

Ballynacorra Ballynacorra

N25

N8 Carrigtwohill Carrigtwohill N25

To Cork City City Cork To  N25

L3004

R639

Midleton Midleton N25 Glounthaune Glounthaune

Glanmire Glanmire Rosslare Rosslare 

To Dublin Dublin To  To Waterford To

Cunard Building and Pier and Building Cunard Fort Mitchel Fort Hospital Cobh CYMS Hall CYMS Crosshaven Commodore Hotel Commodore WW1 VC Grave VC WW1 Cove Fort /Titanic Gardens /Titanic Fort Cove

Cobh Holy Ground, Ground, Holy Cobh Spike Island Island Spike Cobh Passage West West Passage Templebreedy Fort Cobh Cobh Aghada (Upper) Aghada Cobh Cobh

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First use of poison gas by Germany. First use of poison gas by United States declares war. States United onflict lasted four years, three months four WW1 ends - conflict lasted Locations on the route the on Locations One hundred days Allied offensive begins on Germany. Allied offensive 08 One hundred days Aug 11 Nov days. and fourteen Franz Ferdinard of Austria was assassinated. was Austria of Ferdinard June 28 Franz 1914. July 28 WW1 began on 28th July, April 22 Sinking of the RMS Lusitania. 07 May severely was signed. Germany of Versailles June 28 Treaty losses and strict limits on its rights punished with territorial militarily. develop to Feb 21 to Dec 18 - Battle of Verdun to 21 Feb lasting 300 days One of the longest battles of the War, German lives. and with the cost of 800,000 French 18 Nov - The Battle of the Somme to July 01 An estimated One of the bloodiest battles of the war. wounded. killed or men were 1,000,000 - Battle of Jutland 31 May at sea between fought The only major battle of the war 36 hours) (lasted Britain and Germany. April 06 Facts on WW1 (1914 - 1918) - 1918) on WW1 (1914 Facts

Armistice Day - now Veterans Day Veterans - now Armistice Day 10 restricted sites - 1, sites 24. 20, 22, 23 and 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, restricted 10 restricted sites restricted locations denotes for Blue circles 1 Important Notice of included because are this brochure in listed The locations later, years 100 1). War (World during WW1 played they the role are otherwise or ownership in private of these are currently many any County Council asks that Cork the public. to accessible not and landowners of trail respects the privacy this person following on accessing sites. restrictions of any note takes 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 surrendering in November 1917. surrendering in November German Submarine U-58 - her crew German Submarine U-58 - her crew

Fort Templebreedy, Crosshaven Cobh - Whitepoint House Cobh - Queens Hotel Cobh - Cove Fort Spike Island - Fort Westmoreland Cork County Council 7 11 15 Open to the public 19 1 Inaccessible Private Property now Commodore Hotel now Titanic Memorial Garden now Fort Mitchel Tourist Attraction Built in 1904 to equip two long range The United States forces established After the sinking of the RMS Lusitania The three tiered site sat at the end of The Fort is situated on Spike Island 9.2” BL guns capable of firing on ships Field Hospital No. 4 at Whitepoint. in 1915, the Cunard Line reserved town, remembered in song as the Holy and acted as the headquarters of the 20,000 yards out to sea. The Navy’s The prefabricated hospital consisted of rooms at the Queens Hotel for Ground. During WW1, the fort housed South Irish Coast Defence (SICD) in Port War Signal Station, which wards, operating pavilions, etc. It was survivors. The German born manager British soldiers and sailors in temporary the First World War. The fort’s primary controlled seaborne access to the shipped completed from the USA. The Otto Humbert had to hide in the wine huts. A military hospital, one of several armaments consisted of two 6-inch harbour was located here. This fort is building is currently in private owner- cellar after the disaster when a mob in the harbour, also operated during Breech Loading (BL) guns, located on not open to the public. ship and is not open to the public. threatened to burn down the building. this period. Bastion 3, the south central bastion. now Camden Fort Meagher Visit: www.spikeislandcork.ie

GPS Coordinates: 51.791267° N,-8.281580° W GPS Coordinates: 51.844091° N, -8.3147066° W GPS Coordinates: 51.849753° N, -8.2963313° W GPS Coordinates: 51.852194° N, -8.2773363° W GPS Coordinates: 51.834461° N, -8.2862301° W

Cork County Council Aghada (Lower) - Sea Plane Base 2 Crosshaven - Fort Camden 8 Cobh - American Pier 12 Cobh - Camber - Admiralty Pier 16 Cobh - Admiralty House now Camden Fort Meagher Tourist Attraction now Kennedy Pier now St. Bendedicts Priory 20 Queenstown US Naval Air Station - Private Property Home to the Royal Engineers Known locally as the ‘American Pier’, Admiralty Pier - Camber acted as a Admiral Lewis Bayly, Commander in The Queenstown US Naval Air Station (Fortress) Co. who were responsible for this pier was constructed by the US landing point for survivors from vessels Chief, had his headquarters here. He was the headquarters for all US Navy the Searchlights, Communications & Navy to facilitate the transfer of sunk during WW1. Victims from RMS had underground telegraph cables facilities set up in Ireland during WW1. Equipment in all the harbour forts. patients from ships to the Field Lusitania were landed here by lifeboats installed to connect with Haulbowline, A total of thirty-eight aircraft were During WW1 it was equipped with five Hospital No. 4 at Whitepoint House and recovery vessels. Lifeboats replacing semaphore signals from the stationed here. In 1919 the base was 12 Pdr QF guns to defend the narrow when the United States entered World belonging to other torpedoed ships were flagpole in the gardens. The captains closed and all aircraft were crated and channel at the mouth of the harbour. War 1 on April 6th 1917. also towed directly into the Camber. of ‘Flower Class’ sloops planted flowers shipped back to the US. This property Visit: www.camdenfortmeagher.ie corresponding to the names of their is currently a tennis club. ships in the gardens. GPS Coordinates: 51.8088° N, -8.2789° W GPS Coordinates: 51.843806° N, -8.312349° W GPS Coordinates: 51.6203° N, -8.9055° W GPS Coordinates: 51.852817° N, -8.2909110° W GPS Coordinates: 51.843271° N, -8.2155231° W Rocky Island Aghada (Upper) – WW1 VC Grave 3 Now Island Crematorium - Private Property h To Dublin To Rosslare 21 Old Graveyard, Aghada Rocky Island had two large gunpowder fTo Cork City Passage West Midleton g Corporal William Cosgrove, VC, First magazines that served all the harbour Cobh Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, from forts and warships. Gunpowder was Aghada, won the Victoria Cross in 1915 manufactured in the Royal Gunpowder Monkstown at Gallipoli for clearing barbed wire Haulbowline Mills in Ballincollig near Cork City. Ringaskiddy Aghada obstacles during an attack in which he It is now a crematorium. Spike Island was severely wounded. He died in July 1936. His former comrades erected a (Please respect people’s privacy) Whitegate Celtic Cross over his grave in 1938. 50.4288” W GPS Coordinates: 51.840598° N, -8.3028216° W GPS Coordinates: 51.836362° N, -8.210903° W Crosshaven Haulbowline Corkbeg, Whitegate - Admiralty Telegraph Station 4 Inaccessible 22 Inaccessible This naval base included victualling The wireless station was erected yards, accommodation, ordnance on this site in September 1907. It stores, hospital and a dockyard. The replaced one at Roches Point. It was defences included a garrison of up Cork Harbour a low power station with a range of to 2,000 Royal Marines and a signal approximately 200 miles. The Corkbeg station to transmit cipher messages to station was attacked by republicans on vessels. Almost 3,000 civilians also Roches Point 8th June, 1920. worked here. WW1 Historical Locations 1914 - 1918

GPS Coordinates: 51.840598° N, -8.3028216° W Blue circles denotes restricted sites on the route GPS Coordinates: 51.820747° N, -8.245123° W Passage West - The Royal Victoria Dockyard Cobh - Railway Station Whitegate - Fort Carlisle Tourist Attraction Cobh - Cunard Building and Pier Cobh - Cobh Hospital 5 Inaccessible 9 now Queenstown Heritage Centre 13 17 23 now Fort Davis - Inaccessible The Royal Victoria Dockyard was used The train between Cobh and Cork was This building had been a railway and In 1917 an American sailor, Charles Fort Carlisle is the largest of the to carry out repairs to damaged ships. established in 1862. By October 1918 mail depot for the Cunard Line, from Blackford, from the USS McDougal, harbour forts. During WW1 it was When the USA joined the war in 1917 almost 9,000 American servicemen which passengers could connect from described the Cobh hospital as ‘a grim equipped with 9.2” BL , 6” BL and their destroyers were anchored in were based in Cobh. The US Navy the train to the ferry for Passage. In stone building’ and conditions as poor, 12 Pdr QF guns. The Fire Control Head Monkstown Bay. Submarine chasers banned sailors below the rank of lieu- 1915 this building and pier were used constantly cold and inadequate Quarters was responsible for directing were based in Passage West with the tenant from travelling to Cork in 1917 as the main morgue for the victims of washing facilities. In 1918 the hospital all of the harbour guns until it was dockyard granaries serving as living after crowds attacked the sailors for RMS Lusitania. was replaced and taken over by the transferred to Templebreedy during the quarters, stores and offices. fraternising with local women. Bon Secours nuns, who still run the war. Not open to the public. Visit: www.cobhheritage.com hospital today. GPS Coordinates: 51.656782° N, -8.6390917° W GPS Coordinates: 51.848861° N, -8.2992288° W GPS Coordinates: 51.850189° N, -8.2924830° W GPS Coordinates: 51.853689° N, -8.2989264° W GPS Coordinates: 51.815998° N, -8.2617697° W

Passage West - CYMS Hall Cobh - Royal Cork Yacht Club Cobh - Bath’s Quay Cobh - Old Church Graveyard Roche’s Point - U-Boat Site 6 10 now Sirius Arts Centre 14 Private Property 18 24 Inaccessible The CYMS Hall, Chapel Square, was During World War 1, the Royal Cork Bath’s Quay hosted the American’s This cemetery contains a number of The wreck of the German naval constructed to provide a place of Yacht Club, now the Sirius Arts Centre, Sailors Club opened in 1917, after the graves from World War 1, including one submarine UC-42 is located just off entertainment for soldiers based in the was open to British and American US Navy’s ban on ordinary seamen Belgian soldier. Forty-six graves are Roche’s Point, Cork Harbour. area who were in receipt of training officers and was a frequent meeting travelling to Cork following repeated for Royal Navy members ranging from It exploded while laying mines at the prior to embarkation from Cobh for point for the officers on their return altercations between the US forces and seaman to rear-admiral. The victims of entrance to the harbour on September active duty. from sea. The bar was especially ‘Sinn Féiners’. The temporary structure the RMS Luistania are also buried here 1917, killing the crew of twenty seven. popular with the younger officers. housed a billiards room, stage, library in three mass graves. The wreck is a German war grave. Visit: www.siriusartscentre.ie and a cinema screen.

GPS Coordinates: 51.871363° N, -8.3363422° W GPS Coordinates: 51.849174° N, -8.2970490° W GPS Coordinates: 51.865495° N, -8.3318348° W GPS Coordinates: 51.863353° N, -8.2976504° W GPS Coordinates: 51.795310° N, -8.2507799° W

Dockyard Old Church Graveyard Church Old Bath’s Quay Bath’s Sea Plane Base Plane Sea House Admiralty

Kennedy Pier Kennedy Club Yacht Cork Centre/Royal

Cobh Camber Cobh Cobh - - Cobh

Sirius Arts Arts Sirius Passage West Passage Cobh Cobh Cobh Cobh Aghada (Lower) (Lower) Aghada Cobh

18 16 20 14 5 10 12

TRAIL

HARBOUR RK C

U-Boat Site U-Boat

Queenstown Heritage Centre Heritage Queenstown

Myrtleville Myrtleville

Cork Harbour Cork Haulbowline Haulbowline

https://www.corkcoco.ie/visiting-cork/ww1-cork-harbour-trail

Cobh - - Cobh Railway Station/ Railway Roche’s Point Roche’s 24 4 9

These same locations can be viewed historically overleaf. historically viewed be can locations same These

R612

Light House Light

Templebreedy

WW1 Cork Harbour’s trail locations as seen today. (1 - 24) - (1 today. seen as locations trail Harbour’s Cork WW1

Roches Point Point Roches

Fort Fort

Roches Point Roches

Crosshaven Crosshaven Irish Rail Rail Irish

Fort Meagher Fort

R612

Glenbrook/Cobh

Camden Camden

Carrigaline Carrigaline Car Ferry Car

R612 2 Davis

Fort Fort

or Private Property Private or

R613

Currabinny Currabinny

Inaccessible

Island

Trail Location Trail

R613 1

611 R Spike Spike

Ringaskiddy

Whitegate Whitegate

Island Crematorium Island Fort Davis Fort Pier American

Shanbally Shanbally

L2545

Corkbeg Accessible Roundabout

Aghada Aghada (Upper)

Rocky Island Rocky

Whitegate Cobh

N28

23 3 8 21 N28

Shannon Park Park Shannon Trail Location Trail

2 3 Rocky Island Rocky

R610 L3651

L3658

Haulbowline/

Rafeen

Trail Route Trail

R610

N28 8

Rostellan Rostellan

20 7

Monkstown Monkstown

12 Local Roads Local

Aghada Aghada (Lower)

R613

R630 11

13 Glenbrook/Cobh

Regional Roads Regional

Car Ferry Ferry Car

N40

Glenbrook Glenbrook

Saleen Saleen

National Roads National

Cobh

Passage West Passage

East Ferry Ferry East

KEY 6

5 Great Island Great

Rochestown Rochestown

L7009 L3629

R610

Douglas

Camden/Fort Meagher Camden/Fort Whitegate Whitegate Whitepoint House Whitepoint R624

Westbound

Crosshaven Crosshaven Corkbeg Cobh Cobh

2 22 7

N40

Eastbound

N40

R630

R624

ack Lynch Tunnel Lynch ack J

Fota Island Island Fota Little Island Little

R623

Ballynacorra Ballynacorra

N25

N8 Carrigtwohill Carrigtwohill N25

To Cork City City Cork To  N25

L3004

R639

Midleton Midleton N25 Glounthaune Glounthaune

Glanmire Glanmire Rosslare Rosslare 

To Dublin Dublin To  To Waterford To

Cobh Holy Ground, Ground, Holy Cobh Spike Island Island Spike Cobh Cobh Cobh Cobh Aghada (Upper) Aghada Fort Templebreedy Fort Passage West West Passage Cobh Cobh

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on the 11th hour of the year 1918. of the year of the 11th month Established in February 1918. United States Naval Air Service - Aghada Naval States United November 11, @ 11am November 1918 The war officially ended The war Armistic Day, 1918 Armistic Day, from Cobh for active duty. active Cobh for from The CYMS hall was constructed to to constructed The CYMS hall was of entertainment a place for provide in soldiers based in the area who were embarkation receipt of training prior to onflict lasted four years, three months four onflict lasted

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One hundred days Allied offensive begins on Germany. Allied offensive One hundred days Treaty of Versailles signed. Germany was severely severely was signed. Germany of Versailles Treaty First use of poison gas by Germany. First use of poison gas by United States declares war. States United WW1 ends - c Locations on the route the on Locations and fourteen days. days. and fourteen Nov 11 Nov Aug 08 Aug June 28 militarily. develop to punished with territorial losses and strict limits on its rights punished with territorial Franz Ferdinard of Austria was assassinated. was of Austria Ferdinard June 28 Franz 1914. July 28 WW1 began on 28th July, April 22 Sinking of the RMS Lusitania. 07 May Feb 21 to Dec 18 - Battle of Verdun to 21 Feb One of the longest battles of the War, lasting 300 days lasting 300 days One of the longest battles of the War, and German lives. with the cost of 800,000 French 18 Nov - The Battle of the Somme to July 01 An estimated One of the bloodiest battles of the war. killed or wounded. men were 1,000,000 - Battle of Jutland 31 May at sea between fought The only major battle of the war 36 hours) (lasted Britain and Germany. April 06 Facts on WW1 (1914 - 1918) - 1918) on WW1 (1914 Facts

Armistice Day - now Veterans Day Veterans - now Armistice Day

10 restricted sites - 1, sites 20, 22, 23 and 24. 7, 14, 3, 4, 5, restricted 10 restricted sites restricted denotes locations for Blue circles

1919

1918 1917

1916 1915

1914 takes note of any restrictions on accessing sites. restrictions on of any note takes person following this trail respects the privacy of landowners and of landowners the privacy this trail respects person following not accessible to the public. Cork County Council asks that any any Council asks that County the public. Cork to accessible not many of these are currently in private ownership or are otherwise or are ownership are currently in private of these many the role they played during WW1 (World War 1). 100 years later, later, years 100 1). War (World during WW1 played they the role The locations listed in this brochure are included because of because are included brochure in this listed The locations Important Notice

surrendering in November 1917. surrendering in November German Submarine U-58 - her crew - her crew German Submarine U-58