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The Scots Church is a former Presbyterian church in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland.[2][3][4] It is today a museum, the Cobh Museum, which tells the history of the town.[5][6]

Architecture

The building is in the "Hard" Gothic Revival style, with three-bay nave, single-bay vestry to east and a three-stage, stepped tower with an octagonal limestone spire with consoles to the south elevation.[7] It was designed by Henry Hill.[8]

History

Church

The church was built in 1854.[9][10] It closed in 1965,[11] and was gifted to Cork County Library in 1973.

Museum

Cobh Museum opened in 1973. It tells the social and commercial history of Cove/Queenstown/Cobh, with a focus on maritime and military history.[12] It contains artifacts from the RMS Lusitania.[13]

References

  1. ^ "South Parish Walk" (PDF). purecork.peoplesrepublicofcork.com (in Irish).
  2. ^ Guides, Rough (1 June 2015). The Rough Guide to Ireland. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 9780241236208 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Cobh Museum - Former Scots Church - Cobh, County Cork, Ireland - Presbyterian Churches on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com.
  4. ^ "Scots Church and Harbour, Cobh, Co. Cork". catalogue.nli.ie. 1940.
  5. ^ "Cobh Museum (former Scots Church)". 20 November 2007 – via Flickr.
  6. ^ "Cobh Co Cork". www.discoveringireland.com.
  7. ^ "Cobh Museum, Spy Hill, Cobh, County Cork: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". www.buildingsofireland.ie.
  8. ^ Keohane, Frank (2020). "The Buildings of Ireland: Cork: City and County". Vernacular Architecture. 51: 161–162. doi:10.1080/03055477.2020.1830256. S2CID 229320518.
  9. ^ Ireland, Presbyterian Historical Society of (15 April 1982). A History of congregations in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, 1610-1982. Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland. ISBN 9780950144665 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ Hudson, Kenneth (15 April 1980). The Shell guide to country museums. Heinemann. ISBN 9780434353705 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "Cobh Museum - A gem in Ireland's Ancient East". Ring of Cork.
  13. ^ Molony, Senan (15 April 2019). Lusitania: An Irish Tragedy. Mercier. ISBN 9781856354523 – via Google Books.
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