Our first stop this morning will be to the Cobh Heritage Centre to learn about the Irish Emigration story. Follow the story form the 1600’s when transportation to the British overseas colonies was commonplace, from Virginia and New England to Barbados, Jamaica, and Monserrat. This beautiful, informative, and sometimes emotive Exhibition is situated within Cobh’s beautifully restored Victorian railway station, a building with its own historic story. Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s Harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912.
The tour continues to visit the Jameson Whiskey Experience at Midleton Distillery. Step through the doors here and you step back in time. Carts are piled high with sacks of grain, and you can smell malted barley drying in closed kilns. Thousands of casks housing ageing whiskey are on show, as well as original kilns. Pride of place for the exhibitions here goes to the largest Pot still in the world, which has a capacity of more than 30,000 gallons and has been used for more than 150 years. You learn about “the angel’s share” (the amount of alcohol that evaporates from the cask during maturation) and the fascinating story behind the creation of one of the most well-known Irish whiskeys in the world.
We return to Cork where you will be free this evening to choose your own Irish Pub or Restaurant in which to dine!
Included meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: The Montenotte Hotel, Cork