"Irish Rover" anniversary

[firehazard]

"On the Fourth of July, 1806
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork"

In just over a month's time it will be the 200th anniversary of that fateful voyage. Surely a good excuse for a celebration. So how should the anniversary be marked? ...

[Michaelo]

By drinking seven million barrels of porter?

[CraigBatty]

By drinking seven million barrels of porter?

I'll make a start on my daily ration at the session later today... which way IS it to New York, anyfeckinway?!? And keep an eye on that wee dog...

[Zuzana]

And keep an eye on that wee dog...

Too late, I'm afraid. But how about raising a monument grand to the sky, a monument of solid... sausages? To honour the poor furry creature.

[philipchevron]

And keep an eye on that wee dog...

Too late, I'm afraid. But how about raising a monument grand to the sky, a monument of solid... sausages? To honour the poor furry creature.

Designed by Daniel Liebeskind. I like it...........

[Kilmichael]

I always thought it was the sweet Cobh of Cork...

[philipchevron]

I always thought it was the sweet Cobh of Cork...

Um, yes and no................Cobh means cove or possibly vice-versa

[Noel Kenny]

Queenstown it was for some decades before reverting to its old Irish name in 1922 - the Cobh (cove) of Cork. Is there anywhere in Ireland more full of poignant memories than this embarkation point for America? From here hundreds of thousands of mostly hungry and penniless Irish men and women left to build a new life, especially in the Famine years of 1844-48. Many thrived and prospered, but many died on the journey in the terrible travelling conditions of the time.

http://www.cork-guide.ie/cobh.htm

[Firsty]

"On the Fourth of July, 1806
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork"

In just over a month's time it will be the 200th anniversary of that fateful voyage. Surely a good excuse for a celebration. So how should the anniversary be marked? ...

You could start at Spancil Hill Fair on the 23rd of June, a very fine place to start