Queenstown

Queenstown, a seaport of Ireland, on the south side of Great Island, in the harbour of Cork, by rail 12 miles SE. of the city of Cork and 177 SW. of Dublin. Its original name was Cove of Cork; the present name commemorates the visit of Queen Victoria in 1849. The town is built in parallel streets on the slopes of a hill shaped like an amphitheatre. It enjoys a high reputation for its mild and salubrious climate. The splendid Roman Catholic cathedral for Cloyne diocese is the principal building. Queenstown is an important port of call, the mails from the United States being landed here and sent overland by rail to Dublin; while the British mails are in part taken on board here. Its climate is good, and it is a bathing resort. Pop. (1871) 10,334; (1881) 9755; (1891) 9123.