Haulbowline to Cobh
A video showing a boat ride from Haulbowline Island to Cobh, Ireland. View of naval base, naval service ships, Cobh, and St. Colman's Cathedral. Recorded with Sony a55 and 10-24mm Tamron lens. 18 May 2013.
Toxic Waste At Haulbowline Cork Harbour
Toxic waste dumping in Cork Harbour, Ireland
For more than 60 years a steel processing plant shared Haulbowline Island in Cork Harbour with the Irish Naval Service HQ. During that time, huge volumes of toxic and hazardous waste from the plant were dumped directly and untreated into Cork Harbour. The vast majority of the waste was dumped during the final 25 years of operations at the steel mill. In the recent past the state has undertaken what it refers to as ‘remediation’ of the more than 22 acres of toxic waste jutting out of the harbour waters. This waste lies a mere 400 metres from the harbour town of Cobh which has a population of 12,000. Cobh has the unenviable status as being the town with the highest cancer rates in Ireland.
This short video tells a few uncomfortable truths about the past at Haulbowline which many would prefer were forgotten or ignored.
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Cobh (pronounced 'cove') is a charming waterfront town on a glittering estuary, dotted with brightly coloured houses and overlooked by a splendid cathedral. It's popular with Corkonians looking for a spot of R&R, and with cruise liners – each year around 90 visit the port, the second-largest natural harbour in the world (after Sydney Harbour in Australia).
It's a far cry from the harrowing Famine years when more than 70,000 people left Ireland through the port in order to escape the ravages of starvation (from 1848 to 1950, no fewer than 2.5 million emigrants passed through). Cobh was also the final port of call for the Titanic; a poignant museum commemorates the fatal voyage's point of departure.
Once known as Queenstown, after the visit of Queen Victoria in 1849.
Cobh is on the south side of Great Island. Visible from the waterfront are Haulbowline Island, once a naval base, and the greener Spike Island, formerly a prison and now a tourist attraction.
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Cork’s harbour town of Cobh has been named one of the 25 most beautiful small towns in Europe by the international travel bible Condé Nast Traveler.
Cobh was ranked with Hvar, in Croatia, Interlaken, in Switzerland, and the Cinque Terre village of Vernazza, in Italy, as a must-visit destination for anyone trying to avoid the tourist crowds. Other postcard-pretty spots on the list include Rye, in England, Bled, in Slovenia, and Assos, on the Greek island of Cephalonia.
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Cobh Ireland (2007) - last port Titanic´s
Cobh (/ˈkoʊv/ KOHV, Irish: an Cóbh), known from 1850 until the late 1920s as Queenstown, is a tourist seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and is home to Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal. Tourism in the area draws on the maritime and emigration legacy of the town - including its association with the RMS Titanic.
Facing the town are Spike Island and Haulbowline Island, and on a high point in the town stands St Colman's Cathedral, one of the tallest buildings in Ireland and seat of the diocese of Cloyne
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Yachts racing past Cobh to Haulbowline Island
View and commentary from Eddie English
TG4 Irish news visit Spike Island Cobh Cork to see the recent developments - Irish history
TG4 visit Spike Island to see the new upgrades following the 6 million Euro invensment in 2016.
Cobh, Cork
Aerial footage of Cobh, Cork, Ireland.
Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a tourist seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and is home to Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal. Tourism in the area draws on the maritime and emigration legacy of the town - including its association with the RMS Titanic.
Facing the town are Spike Island and Haulbowline Island. On a high point in the town stands the cathedral church of the diocese of Cloyne - St Colman's - which is one of the tallest buildings in Ireland.
Haulbowline Island - Flight 10 - 05.08.2018
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HURRICANE OPHELIA CORK HARBOUR COBH IRELAND 16 OCT 2017
Haulbowline Docklands
Haulbowline Docklands - about 20 / 30 mins from city, opposite side of river from Verlome
Haulbowline Island Remediation Project drone Flight # 8
Stunning Drone Footage showing the almost complete landscaping works and given an idea of what this fantastic park will look like on completion.
Cobh from the ship
Cobh (/ˈkoʊv/ kohv, Irish: an Cóbh), known from 1850 until the late 1920s as Queenstown, is a tourist seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and is home to Ireland's only dedicated cruise terminal. Tourism in the area draws on the maritime and emigration legacy of the town - including its association with the RMS Titanic.
Facing the town are Spike Island and Haulbowline Island, and on a high point in the town stands St Colman's Cathedral, one of the tallest buildings in Ireland and seat of the diocese of Cloyne.
Naval vessels Roisin and Niamh depart from Haulbowline Navel base on 26-07-18
Naval vessels Roisin and Niamh depart from Haulbowline Navel base on Thursday July 26th - 2018, while tugs DSG Titan and Gerry O'Sullivan return to berths at Cork Dockyard and Anderson's Quay respectively.
Cobh Summer Swing 1st May 2017 - Drone Footage (DJI Phantom 3)
1st Cobh Summer Swing event (with Cobh Playground Fundraising) 1st of May 2017. Cruise liner Amadea was in Cobh that day!
Video taken on a DJI Phantom 3 Advanced with a Neewer ND8 Filter.
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L. E. Roisin P 51 Irish Off Shore Patrol Vessel Belfast
( Apologies for mispronoucation of the L. E. Roisin's name in the video. I now realize that it is the L.E. Roisin not the Le Roisin Ooops!)
I'm down at the quay beside the Odyssey checking the preparations for the Belfast Maritime Festival 2017. This is the newly arrived Irish Off Shore Patrol Vessel P 51 the L. E. Roisin.
LÉ Róisín (P51) is the lead ship of her class of offshore patrol vessel in the Irish Naval Service. The ship's primary mission is fisheries protection, search and rescue, and maritime protection operations, including vessel boardings. Róisín or Róisín Dubh, is often used as an allegory for Ireland. However the original Róisín Dubh was a daughter of Red Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone in the late 16th Century.
The ship was designed by Vard Marine (formerly STX Canada Marine) and has an all-steel hull based on the Mauritian Vigilant patrol vessel launched in 1995, but without the helicopter deck and hangar facilities. The level of automation incorporated into the ship's systems allows the ship to be operated with just 47 crew including eight officers. The vessel is designed for winter North Atlantic operations.
Róisín was built by Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon, entered service with the Irish Naval Service in September 1999 and is based at the Haulbowline Island, Cork Harbour Headquarters and Dockyard.
On 5 October 2004, Róisín was the first vessel on scene after the fire on board the Canadian Forces submarine Chicoutimi off the northwestern coast of Ireland. As Róisín attempted to assist the submarine, she suffered serious damage from the rough seas and was forced to return to harbour.
Róisín enforced a 200 m (660 ft) exclusion zone around the vessel Astrid which ran aground on 24 July 2013 near Quay Rock at Ballymacus Point, near the Sovereign Islands in southern Ireland, while attempting to enter the harbour near Kinsale, County Cork. Róisín stood by the merchant vessel Abuk Lion in the Irish Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off Kinsale, County Cork on 30 December 2013 when that vessel was in difficulties. Abuk Lion was later taken in tow by Celtic Isle.
Róisín took part in a surveillance operation of the yacht Makayabella in September 2014 before it was boarded 200 miles (320 km) off Mizen Head and subsequently had €80m worth of cocaine seized.
From May to July 2016 Róisin was deployed to the Mediterranean as part of a humanitarian mission during the European migrant crisis, and was involved in the rescue of several hundred people from unseaworthy vessels
Name: LÉ Róisín
Namesake: Róisín Dúbh, daughter of Red Hugh O’Neill
Builder: Appledore Shipbuilders, North Devon
Commissioned: 15 December 1999
Class and type: Róisín-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement: 1,500 tonnes Standard
Length: 78.84 m (258.7 ft) overall
Beam: 14.00 m (45.93 ft)
Draught: 3.8 m (12 ft)
Installed power: 10,000 kW (13,000 hp)
Propulsion: Wartsilla medium speed diesels
Speed: 42.6 km/h (23.0 kn) maximum
Range: 11,000 km (6,000 nmi)
Boats & landing
craft carried:
2 Delta 6.5 m (21 ft) RHIBs
1 Avon 5.4 m (18 ft) RHIB
Complement: 44 (6 officers and 38 ratings)
Sensors and
processing systems: kelvin Hughes radar
Armament:
1 × 76 mm OTO Melara Cannon
2 × 20 mm Rheinmetall Rh202 cannon
2 × 12.7 mm HMG
4 × 7.62 mm GPMG
Rathlin Island Ferry Limited
Rathlin Island Ferry Limited
Irish Naval Vessel, Cobh Harbour
An Irish Naval Vessel docked outside Haulbowline Navy Base in Cobh Harbour.
Cover up of carcinogenic chromium 6 island almost complete. 19/07/18.
It is estimated that 500,000 tonnes of hazardous waste -- including the known carcinogen Chromium 6 as well as heavy metals -- are in the Haulbowline dump. Cobh directly overlooks the Haulbowline island site of the former Irish Steel/Irish Ispat plant.Work is well into turning the toxic waste dump into a public park So the 500,000 tonnes of toxic waste dumped there, stays there and be just taped up with an environmental seal, under the guise of another fantastic park for the people of Cork
Cobh Behind the Scenes Part 1 / 3
Some off the beaten track shots from The Great Island Cobh co. Cork Ireland