Queenstown

/ ˈkwiːnzˌtaʊn /

noun

1. the former name (1849–1922) of Cóbh

Example Sentences

The doomed liner left from Southampton but called in at Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown - now known as Cobh - in Ireland, before setting out across the Atlantic.

From BBC

Richard William Smith wrote to a friend in Norwich saying: "Have had a fine run around to Queenstown. Just leaving for the land of stars and stripes".

From BBC

Most Titanic postcards are either franked 'Queenstown' or bear the ship's own postmark, but this one was posted in Cork, making it much rarer.

From BBC

Larryn Rae triumphed in the Aurorae category with a picture of the aurora australis over Queenstown, New Zealand.

From BBC

The feast described is not a Thanksgiving meal, but a snapshot of what first-class passengers on the Titanic ate for dinner on April 11, 1912, when the ship left Queenstown, Ireland, for New York.

From New York Times