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Heritage Centre Celebrate 20th Anniversary

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queenstownstoryThis year marks the 20th Anniversary of Cobh Heritage Centre, and on Thursday July 4th the centre will hold a reception to celebrate this event. “The centre’s origins began in the late 1980’s when a local committee launched ‘The Queenstown Project.’ Local interests set about a major fundraising campaign to build a heritage Centre which would highlight the significant role Cobh played in major Irish historical events such as the Famine and Emigration as well as the two ill-fated cruise liners The Titanic and the Lusitania.”  said General Manager Jack Walsh.

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