Queenstown Circa 1912. Queenstown Circa 1912. Ships' tenders (ferries) tied up at Queenstown (Cobh). They are used to load and unload passengers and luggage for transatlantic liners. Circa 1912. Cobh is a sheltered seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland with a population of around 13,000 inhabitants. The locality, which had had several different Irish-language names, was first referred to as Cove (""The Cove of Cork"") in 1750. It was renamed Queenstown in 1849 to commemorate a