A rainy day in Cobh, Ireland turned into one of the best days as we visited the Cobh Heritage Centre. This amazing museum tells the stories of the people who emigrated by ship and stopped at this port before embarking to America or other places around the world. They have computers to trace your family and the ship lists are available. Visitors could trace their family from origin of their ship to their arrival. Most Irish people coming to American came through Queenstown which is now Cobh. Many from Germany, Netherlands, Great Britain, came through this port as well. The museum had you feeling like you were walking in their shoes. Definitely not to be missed.

I think the Cobh heritage centre is good. It is situated adjacent to the railway station and is actually housed in the old station building. Unfortunately I didn't really have enough time to fully engage with the museum as I think to make the most of it you need to spend a couple of hours. I think it's most meaningful for people from Ireland or from one of the many places Irish emigrants travelled to from Cobh, but others can still enjoy the museum exhibits. The tragic tales of the Titanic and Lusitania are covered, along with earlier history.

Christy is a great genealogist! He researched our family history and uncovered a great deal of interesting information about our family roots in Ireland. He seemed to take a great deal of personal interest in our family history, really digging into the details and interpreting the facts in the context of his expert knowledge of Irish stories and history. He even went overtime to help us uncover more. We highly recommend him!!!

Very interesting museum giving the history of Cobh, the story of the last port visited by 'Titanic' and the involvement of Ireland in the slave trade. Titanic photographs very interesting. Very friendly welcome on arrival by the member of staff at the ticket desk. All staff helpful and friendly. I asked a question that couldn't be answered at the time so I was given the email address of the manager. He replied the following morning. Great service. Informative audio guide. I visited on a rainy Sunday in March so the museum was fairly quiet. Nice little café. A very enjoyable 2 hours. The Heritage Centre is very easy to get to from Cork's Kent Railway Station and is just 2 minutes from Cobh station. The regular train service takes about 25 minutes.

We were unable to book an appointment online, we went to the center to see if anyone canceled their appointment. We were able to book an appointment. It was one of the highlights of our vacation. Our 17 year old son said it was the best part of the trip to Ireland. We highly recommend not only the Genealogy Appointment but the museum too.

The Cobh Heritage Centre is ideally located right beside the place where the Titanic last docked. This was a very good & informative tour with lots of information & is very well laid out. There is a little cafe on the premises too.

I scheduled a one-on-one session with one of the museum's research experts (Kristopher) to further explore my Irish lineage. Kristopher was absolutely amazing! He was extremely friendly, knowledgeable, and a true expert on genealogy research. My one hour session with him revealed a wealth of information about my Irish ancestors that would've taken me weeks to months to uncover and my own research would've been less accurate. His sleuthing uncovered incorrect dates and key documents that helped us piece together several key pieces of information and helped me avoid going down countless erroneous rabbit holes. This one hour session turned out to be a highlight of our family trip to Ireland and well worth the small fee. I'd recommend this experience to anyone. Just make sure to come prepared with as much information as possible (names, dates, locations) to help him get the ball rolling.

On arrival at the centre, Saturday 12th, I was carrying a heavy bag and the receptionist, Marianne,allowed me to leave it with her.There were four of us, two adults and two children.The exhibition is amazing, the children were taken away with it. As we were running for our train I quickly collected my bag and some jackets that were on top of it.On my arrival home I realised I had lost a sweater.I contacted the centre on Sunday,14th and Marianne had my sweater and offered to arrange postage for me the next day.She spoke to her supervisor and called me to say it would be posted to me free of charge.It arrived today, Tuesday 16th. Apart from the enjoyment of the centre, the customer service is absolutely fantastic. Thanks to all.

Have to be honest the name looked really boring and the only reason we went her was the bar lady told us it was the best place in town to visit and she was so right. Its so brilliantly laid out and so informative. The Irish emigration, the Titanic etc all done brilliantly. Really interesting how people used to travel, both good and bad..and yes the Titanic film is a load of nonsense. You get a mock ticket when you go in with a persons name which you trach down as you go round. I drowned on the Titanic and my wife got transported to Australia... There is a section where you can try and track down about your relatives if they emigrated, which you have to pay extra for and people really loved it, but no good for us as not Irish at all. The gift shop is perfect too, if you are after that tacky 'Irish' stuff..who can resist a 'F@@king Eejit' t shirt'..not me.. All the staff everywhere are so friendly and helpful. This really is a 100% must visit place and would make the trip especially for this if in the area.