2014 Irish Open - they're back!

The Irish Open Golf Tournament is back at Fota Island Golf Resort. After a gap of over 12 years the Open is being held in Fota in less than three weeks time. With Rory McIlroy featuring a lot in the news lately and after his success at Wentworth his presence at Fota is much anticipated, as are a host of other international star players including Shane Lowry, John Daly, Padraig Harrington, Graham McDowell and many more.

Shane Lowry recently came to Cobh during the visit of the liner 'Brilliance of the Seas' to officially launch the 2014 Open. This video, courtesy of the Europeantour.com, recorded the visit.

2nd Liner of the season.....

The second liner of the season, the Emerald Princess, arrived early this morning and with it the good weather returned.

What a big liner! It's so big that it couldn't fit into the lens when this picture was taken from the high road. The nearby Train Station and Heritage Centre are dwarfed by it size!!!



Here's a photograph taken from the steps of the Commodore. The ship is only 200 yards away but towers over the old Yacht Club building in the foreground.

Many of the crew and passengers, almost 5,000 in number, took advantage of the good weather to wander around the town

Liner season starts......

The first of this year's liners arrived today. The Legend of the Seas berthed just after dawn at the Cobh Cruise Liner Terminal at the Deep Water Quay. Although, not quite as big as some of the other liners that will be coming this season it is, nevertheless, quite a sizeable liner with a gross tonnage of 70,000 tonnes and with a length of 867 feet.

View from Watersedge Hotel

Many of its 2,000 passengers and 700 crew were out and about from early morning exploring the streets, shops, and restaurants of Cobh. As normal, many others took advantage of the coach trips to Killarney, Blarney and other destinations but were back in Cobh by mid-afternoon. While others walked the relatively short distance to the nearby train station and took a train to Cork. The Heritage Centre and the Titanic Experience also proved to be popular.

Passengers boarding

Unfortunately, the weather wasn't kind. There had been a storm overnight and it was still quite breezy in the morning with heavy showers. This was in complete contrast to the weather all week as it had been positively summery with beautiful sunny days and warm temperatures. Hopefully, its only a blip and the good weather returns.

Berthed at Cruise Terminal

The next liner is due in on Monday and this one, the Emerald Princess, is bigger again. Onboard will be over 5,000 passengers and crew. This starts a run of visiting liners, where there will be almost a liner every day or almost every second day for over a month solid.

View from 1st Bridge

May is a good month to visit Cobh and see one of these fabulous liners. We've got some great overnight accommodation deals on offer on the Commodore Hotel website. Why not avail of one of these packages and come on down! The Port of Cork Schedule of Liner Visits lists the dates of each liner visit and will give you a good idea of when to visit.

Legend of the Seas with Brittany Ferries

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Summer Offers.....

We've got some fabulous Summer packages on offer....exclusive to our blog readers, twitter followers, facebook fans, & tripadvisors.

What about this one....between this Saturday, 27th July, and Wednesday 31st July if you stay one night we are offering you a second night at HALF PRICE!!!!

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Last minute room only offer....Save 20% on current rates!!! Standard double rooms at €76, down from €94; or a Seaview double room down from €109 to €91.

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Last minute Bed & Breakfast offer....Save 20% on current rates!!! Standard double rooms at €45 B&B per person sharing, down from €55; or a Seaview double room at €52.50 B&B per person sharing, down from €62.50.

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Fota Wildlife Park Family Special - celebrate Fota's 30th Anniversary! Save 20%. Enjoy 2 nights Bed & Breakfast and admission to Fota Wildlife Park for 2 adults & 2 kids for €255; or 2 adults & 3 kids for €275!!!

Fota has been voted the No. 1 day out in Cork and is only 10 minutes from the Hotel by train or car.

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We look forward to seeing you!!!

Fota Wildlife Park - celebrating 30 years!!!

Wow, is it really 30 years since Fota Wildlife Park first opened its doors!!! Located just 10 minutes from Cobh and the Commodore Hotel, Fota Wildlife Park has welcomed thousands of families and visitors over these years and is still one of Ireland's top attractions....and you can see why! Where else can you see so many wild and endangered animals running free and up close and personal. Zebras, giraffes, cheetahs, gibbons, lemurs and many species of monkeys...not to mention exotic birds and smaller animals. Indeed, Fota is known for its successful breeding programmes, especially its cheetah breeding programme.

With so many different species of animals roaming free, play areas for the kids, restaurants, shops, internal transport, and green picnic areas, Fota Wildlife is an ideal place to spend the entire day. There is just simple plenty to do and see....and it is so easy to get to Fota. From Cobh by road, Fota is a mere 10 minutes away....but why not take the train; an adventure in it's own right. Board the train at Cobh Railway Station and journey along the shores of Cork Harbour. Fota is just 10 minutes away by train but the views are just so spectacular!

To celebrate its 30 years the Park has shows from Bosco over the summer, themed weekends, facepainting, activities....see https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/fwp30

....and we've put together a special package that incorporates a visit to Fota. For only €299 this is an extra special offer! Enjoy two night's Bed & Breakfast at the Commodore Hotel and admission to Fota Wildlife Park for 2 Adults and 2 children. This offer is available for the summer months; to book click here. Remember its only €299!!!

Hot, hot offers....

Why not make the most of this hot weather and book a holiday break to Cobh. We've put together a great offer that's worth checking out. Check out our Special Offers here.

We are offering a two night break in one of our seaview rooms overlooking Cork Harbour, including full Irish breakfast, for only €99 per person!!!





This offer is available for the remainder of July....and according to the weather forecasters we'll have the sun right through till then.


The current heatwave is now a week old and Cobh is like a resort on the Riviera. Everyone is in great humour, walking in the Promenades and along the quays....and the kids are swimming from all vantage points. Here are a few pics out and about in Cobh!

....its going to be hot, hot, hot!!!

Well other than Tuesday, the weather has been relatively warm and sunny for awhile now. Last weekend temperatures got upto 25c.

This weekend they are set to get hotter, with many weather sites predicting a mini-heatwave of sorts. Temperatures may get upto 27c or 28c. This good weather is forecast to last upto midweek and may be longer.

With this good weather now's the ideal time to take a break away....and for a short break in Ireland, there is nowhere more ideal than Cobh, Co. Cork. Located on the shores of Cork Harbour, only 10 minutes train ride from Fota Wildlife Park, and ideally located in East Cork to visit nearby attractions, beaches, etc., Cobh is a great place to spend a few days.

Aswell, this Sunday is Australia Day as Cobh pulls out all the stops to welcome the passengers and crew of the cruise liner Sea Princess. Over 2,000 passengers have been onboard since this liner left Sydney Harbour on a World Cruise. This cruise takes place every two years and this is now the 3rd Australia Day to welcome the liner to Cobh.

If you'd fancy a few days in Cobh over this hot spell check out our Special Offers!!!

.....those lazy, hazy days of summer.

The last few days have turned out to be a mini heat wave of sorts, with temps of 25c on Thurs, 25c yesterday, and the dial hitting 27c today. Let's make the most of it and hope that we get many more days like this during the rest of the summer!!!

The weather has been great for the Traditional Sail Regatta which is on this weekend. Some of the visiting old time schooners are fabulous.

Its great to see so many under sail just in front of the town. If you've time this weekend call down to Cobh and have a look. No better place to be in this hot weather!!!

Cobh Traditional Sail Regatta

This will be a great event this weekend and a chance to see some fantastic traditional yachts and larger sailing vessels sailing on the harbour.

This Regatta is now in its third year and, fair play to the hard working officers of Cove Sailing Club, it is going from strength to strength. This year there will be boats from the Uk and France, as well as Ireland. Amongst these will be three large schooners, the Irene, Soteria, and Ruth. These will be offering free harbour trips over the course of the weekend and will be berthed at the Deep Water Quay, Cobh.

For more details on the this great event check out http://www.cobhtradsail.ie/

Is this summer going to be a cracker?

That's the question on everyone's lips, but it certainly has got off to a great start as we are now into our second week of glorious weather.

The Irish Independent reports '....Meanwhile, Ireland's most famous amateur weatherman in predicting a good summer ahead. Donegal postman, Michael Gallagher, uses the behaviour of animals and the development of plants to predict weather. He believes the recent cold weather and prolonged rain are behind us and we can look forward to some dry periods and sunshine. "In days gone by the old people would always say that if you have hailstones and extremely cold weather in May, that you're in for a good summer of weather. The old people were never far wrong with theor predictions and I'm hoping they're right and we will enjoy an extended good spell of sunshine," Mr. Gallagher added.'

Cobh certainly looks beautiful in weather like this as these photos attest to.....

Great Food at the Commodore Hotel

Since Head Chef, Ger Duffy, took over the kitchens, here at the Commodore Hotel, the food has come on from strength to strength. The food was always good, but Ger has now brought it on up onto a higher level. With pride we can now say that our food is GREAT!!!

.....and it is down to the pride that Ger, and his team, take in their work.

Ger took over the kitchens at the start of the 2012 summer season. Since then he has changed the menus dramatically....but more importantly Ger has changed the cooking practices. Everything is made freshly. This now goes right down to the basics....even the chips are freshly made. Gone are the days when frozen chips were used. Ger recently invested in a potato peeler and all chips are now freshly made....and they are gorgeous!!! But then everything on the menu is now gorgeous....the steaks are fabulous, the fish and sauces are delicious, the veg is just right, the desserts are to die for. If you are planning to go out for a meal then you wouldn't go far wrong than trying our Captain's Table Restaurant or O'Shea's Bar & Bistro.

Of course Ger has a wealth of experience having worked in many of Cork's top restaurants over the last twenty years and it is great to see Ger bringing that experience back to the kitchen that he first started off in many moons ago.

So why not call down and try it out. You'll be guaranteed....

GREAT FOOD, GREAT VALUE, GREAT SERVICE.....

We also have a diverse range of menus for Parties. If you have a family gathering, party or celebration, whether its a birthday, christening, or whatever, then we can provide a menu to suit all occasions and all requirements. This can start from the simplest of finger food offerings or chicken baskets right through to a full blown sit down meal. Why not give general manager, Robbie Fitzpatrick, and his team a shout on 021-4811277, or send us an email on commodorehotel@eircom.net.

In the meantime, we'll leave you with a few pics of Ger and his crew busy at work in the kitchen....some of the finished product....and some of the happy punters!!!

Remembrance Day - a tale from the Somme....

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE....

On Remembrance Day it is appropriate to reproduce this story below, which in a small way, linked the Commodore Hotel to the Battle of the Somme in World War 1.....

A CORKMAN DIES ON THE SOMME

'September 1916 and the 36th Ulster Division and the 16th Irish Division are engaged in the bloody advance across the Somme. They advance some 500 yards to take and hold enemy positions beyond the shattered village of Guillemont. Of the 2,400 men engaged in the advance some 1,150 fall. Among the advancing soldiers of the 16th Irish Division are men of the 7th Leinster Regiment.

After their advance, non-combatant labour battalions are sent into the battlefield to clear up the mess left by the fighting soldiers. They clear away abandoned trenching tools and wire cutters, discarded equipment and bits and pieces of dead soldiers. It is gruesome and arduous work. Among their number is an Englishman, Private George Wiles of the Royal Engineers. As he scurries across the blood soaked ground he comes upon a great crater and at the edge of it, "as if resting after a long walk" is the body of a well built soldier from one of the Irish regiments. The Englishman is struck by his noble posture, for the dead soldier was a big man. Even by modern standards he would be taller than average, by the standards of 1914-18 he was big indeed. The Englishman goes to the body. He has seen many such dead, too many, but he is touched by the sight of this particular dead Irishman. He takes his knife and cuts open the breast pockets of the fallen soldier. From the bloody and muddy mess he takes a letter sent to the fallen man from Ireland, from his wife in Queenstown, County Cork. He buries the fallen soldier and takes from the ruins of a nearby church a piece of rubble from the destroyed structure. There are ancient crosses cut into the stones, five such crosses, and he marks the grave of the fallen Irishman with the broken stone of the church.

Later the same ground, cleared by the labour battalions, would again become a blood soaked battlefield, pounded by artillery and fought over by opposing armies. The stone marked temporary grave of the Irishman would be lost. Forever lost and he, thereafter, would only be remembered by a name cut into the Somme memorial at Thiepval in Flanders.

Later still the Englishman, alone in his own trench, by candlelight, would write a powerful and moving letter to the grieving wife of the Irishman. He poured his heart into the letter, using all the paper he had. Ten pages would he write, in pencil, telling her how he found her dear husband and what he had done with his fallen body.

The dead Irishman was Christopher Cole, Private Cole of the 7th Leinster Regiment. He came from what was then Queenstown in County Cork. Before the war he had been the manager of the Commodore Hotel in Queenstown. He had seen the innocent civilian bodies being brought ashore in Queenstown and into the hotel in May 1915, after the sinking of the Lusitania. Perhaps it is that experience that caused him to join the Leinsters to fight in Flanders.

He was such a handsome man and his dear wife had, with considerable talent, drawn his pencil portrait from which, even after all this time, you can still sense his great size and presence.

The Englishman Wiles wrote of him that, "....I came across this fellow in a shell hole (a very large one) & passed him as I passed others that lay about & something struck me to go back and see him, as he lay there as if resting from a long walk. His statue marked me very much indeed he looked so smart & a lovely build,,," " I hope dear madam you will forgive me of taking liberties with your dear husband's body. But you can rest assured (I will give you my word of honour) that he is buried & I buried him the best I could. Not so well as some but better than thousands."

It is by any measure a touching act of an ordinary English soldier for a fallen Irishman, and it must have brought enormous comfort to the grieving widow. Indeed, until she received the letter, Mrs. Coleman from Cobh had no idea what had become of her husband. She had been advised he was missing after the September battles and desperate for news of her dear husband, had travelled to Dover in the hope that he would be amongst the wounded returning from the Somme into the network of military hospitals across the South of England. It was of no avail. She advertised for news of him in the Daily Herald again without response. The letter of course confirmed her very worst fears but it must also have been a source of great relief and it is clear that she was so appreciative of the kind words of Private Wiles that she replied to him asking if he was in need of anything that she could send him to ease the discomfort of life in the trenches.

After the war, or perhaps before it ended, the Coleman's left the Commodore Hotel and left Ireland altogether, emigrating to Canada, no doubt from a ship leaving from the quayside opposite their Cobh home. The ten page pencil written letter is now held by the surviving Coleman family, in Canada. No one has ever traced George Wiles.'

This indeed was a remarkable tale and was given to us a number of years ago along with a copy of the pencil  portrait of Christopher Cole. On the day that's in it today, it is fitting to retell it here once more!

Old World charm and elegance....

The Commodore Hotel exudes Old World charm and elegance. Having being built in the mid-nineteenth century it has a certain ambience that is a throwback to a bygone age. This was captured well by, a guest who stayed with us, posting a, warts and all, review on Google. We've reprinted it here, as we think he has described the hotel to a tee. Have a read.....

“Walking through the corridors of this once majestic hotel conjured visions of Victorian ladies taking afternoon tea and sea Captains with bushy sideburns sipping black rum as they prepared to set sail to exotic destinations within the mighty British Empire. Bell boys would be running up and down the regal staircase with the valises of weary travellers. I could envisage waitresses dressed in the black and white frilly uniform of the day, curtsying to the landed gentry as they gargled Mr Hennesseys finest and barked at their servants to check the horse and carriage outside the main entrance overlooling the harbour view. Filthy rich Americans would be reminiscing about how their ancestors left this battered island without a penny to their magnificent Irish names.

What wonderful times. Well maybe! I'm not sure they were so great for the bell boys servants and waitresses - but staying at this hotel does make you think of what was. Many years have passed through Cobh since then and have been swept out to sea. These years have also taken a little of the splendour of this hotel with them. The expression faded glory comes to mind but that would be a disservice to the diligent and helpful staff working here - friendly and welcoming. But you know - a little splendour still remains and I thoroughly enjoyed my stay here. The room was excellent clean and very comfy - I adored the bowed floor - but you know just think of how many people walked over that floor and indeed who - European royalty maybe - I'm not fussy.

I took a walk onto the roof garden and was taken with the enormous chimney stack with at least seventeen pots. Think of all those buckets of coal being carried to those rooms! Great views as well - particularly on a clear blue sky day.

The Commodore is pretty much a museum piece - but in a good way. A lot of the cornicing and original plaster work is still intact - the telephone booth doors date from beyond the Victorian era but are in working order. These are all great conversation pieces whilst relaxing in the well stocked bar with expensive blends of whiskey - which apparently only filthy rich Americans buy - crikey they're still here!! The breakfast was delicious - with a great choice. Unfortunately the coach party that was staying there all decided to come down for breakfast at the same time. It was all hands on deck including the duty manager who began to have tiny beads of sweat trickle down his neck whilst clearing tables as another group of elderly folk made their way through the throng.

Off street parking is cool and free ( a returnable deposit is required ) further down the street - remember this hotel was not built with the car in mind. On street parking has to be paid for during the day - but the first hour is free. There is also a disabled space outside the entrance of the hotel.

Try this hotel as I get the feeling that it may not be here in a few years. It is beginning to creak and crumble but thats part of its charm. I can see some young whipper snapper developer claiming that it will cost a fortune to restore and will have to be replaced with one of those dreadful boring so called trendy structures that are on display nowadays in every town in Ireland. May I suggest that you grab a piece of this old world charm and well worn elegance while you still can.”

A great review and description....the only clarification, though, is that we intend to be here for a long time yet, not just a few more years. Some whipper snapper just won't get the chance! The history, the people, the ambience...its just too sacred!!!

Tales from the past....Milvina Dean and the Commodore Hotel

Milvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, visited and stayed at the Commodore Hotel on many occasions. She was invited to Cobh first by local lotto millionaire, Vincent Keaney. Vincent is a keen history buff and quite an expert on matters relating to the Titanic. At the time Vincent had set up the Titanic Bar & Grill, an almost complete replica of the Tea Rooms onboard the Titanic. He was quite anxious for Milvina to see his completed work and arranged for her to stay at the Commodore. She was quite taken by the old world style and ambience of the hotel and stayed several times after until ill health no longer allowed her to travel. Unfortunately  Milvina passed away in early 2009 and with her the last living link to the Titanic tragedy. In a subsequent 'Sunday Times' article, the following fitting obituary was given.....

'Milvina Dean, who has died aged 97, was the last survivor from the sinking of the Titanic on 14 April 1912. After decades of obscurity and shunning the increasing worldwide interest in the disaster that claimed more than 1,500 lives, she changed her mind in her mid-70's and, with a wry bemusement, largely enjoyed the sometimes near-hysterical attention she attracted. As one of a small and steadily shrinking number of survivors, she was, throughout the last 30 years, a regular attender at conventions and exhibitions across the world and was much sought-after by the media. Her freely given autograph was prized and increasingly valuable. "I've lost count of the number of things I have put my name to," she said in 1998.

Dean often had to remind the world that the White Star liner's collision with an iceberg in the north Atlantic was first and foremost a human tragedy. Her father was among the dead. She never watched Titanic, James Cameron's £125m blockbuster movie of 1997, saying that it was too upsetting to think about whether her father had leapt into the sea from the stern of the ship or had been one of the hundreds who had died when the boat had finally sank.

Exploiters of the Titanic legend or salvagers from the wreck could expect short shrift from Dean. She was particularly unhappy when a US toy manufacturer made a novelty inflatable slide based on Titanic, with a bouncy iceberg as an optional extra.

She was born Elizabeth Gladys Dean in London, where her parents, Bertram and Georgette (Ettie), ran a pub. At just nine weeks old Milvina, as her family called her, was the youngest passenger on the Titanic when her family set sail as third-class passengers from Southampton bound for New York. They were heading for Wichita, Kansas, where Bertram planned to open a tobacconist's shop. He had originally booked on another White Star liner, but was transferred because of a coal strike.

When the 46,328-ton ship, on its maiden transatlantic voyage, struck the iceberg, Bertram, unlike many who believed that it was unsinkable, immediately realised the seriousness of the situation and got his family quickly on to deck. Milvina, wrapped in a sack, her 23-month-old brother, also called Bertram, and 32-year-old Ettie all got into lifeboats and were picked up by the rescue ship RMS Carpathia. They never saw her father again.

In a mirror image of her fame in later life, Dean was briefly a media celebrity. While on board the SS Adriatic, the boat that brought them back to England from New York, the Daily Mirror on 12 May 1912 reported: "So keen was the rivalry between women to nurse this lovable mite of humanity that one of the officers decreed that first and second-class passengers might hold her in turn for no more than 10 minutes."

She returned with her mother and brother to the family farm at Bartley on the edge of the New Forest and the tragedy was rarely mentioned. She was eight years old before her mother even told her that she had been on the Titanic and what had happened to her father.

She attended local schools, but, after finding out about her past, felt that she was viewed by many as some kind of oddity or freak. She was never married and worked as a secretary in Southampton before retiring from an engineering firm in 1972 and returning to live on the edge of the New Forest. Bert enjoyed media attention until his death, in 1992, aged 82. But in 1987 Dean was persuaded to attend a memorial service in St. Michael's church in Southampton to mark the 75th anniversary of the sinking and discovered a fascination with the ship that never left her.

It opened up new experiences. She met thousands of people and visited countries she had never seen before. In 1997, she completed the journey that the disaster had interrupted, by crossing the Atlantic on the QE2 and visiting the house in Kansas that the family had intended to live in. But she declined an invitation to take a submarine trip to see the wreckage as well as a cruise to the spot where the Titanic had sunk.

However, a local street was named in her honour and a memorial unveiled at Southampton docks. She gave numerous talks to schools. In 1997 she said: "People look at me as a sort of celebrity. I certainly don't think of myself as one. But I really do enjoy it. I've always liked meeting people."

Recently, after she had had to sell family possessions in order to pay her nursing home fees, a group of friends set up the Milvina fund to assist her. Contributors included Cameron and the stars of his 1997 movie, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.'

(Courtesy of the Sunday Times)

Heaven's Gate - a centennial drama for RMS Titanic

In the centenary year of the sinking of the Titanic its very appropriate that this play is coming to Cobh. The show was written to commemorate the centennial of the RMS Titanic and has been very well received in Southampton, Liverpool and across the Atlantic in New York and Halifax. Its showing in Cobh will complete the circle of Titanic cities. 

Set in the hours following the tragedy, the show focuses on the fate of three people on board. Based on real people, the show tells their story in an emotive and imaginative way. In this forum theatre production, the audience vote to decide how the play will end. 

The show is performed by Quids In Theatre Company who are an innovative new theatre company from Aberdeen, Scotland who are bringing their show 'Heaven's Gate' by Annie James to Ireland on the last part of their tour of Titanic cities. There are four in the cast and the play lasts one hour and fifty minute with a fifteen minute interval.

The play will be held in the Jack Doyle Room of the Commodore Hotel next Saturday 20th October at 7:30pm and admission is free (donations gratefully accepted).

CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHT 2012

Well we're now taking bookings at the Commodore Hotel for this year's Christmas Party night and would you believe it's not that far away at all!!!

This year's Christmas Party Night is on Saturday 15th December. As always, we would only be too delighted to welcome you to the Commodore Hotel to celebrate Christmas 2012 with us. To get you into the Christmas swing, we will have a cocktail reception on arrival in O'Sheas Bar, followed by a sumptuous four course feast in our Jack Doyle Room with Christmas Carols from local talented musician, Ben Hurley. This is followed by one of the country's top live bands "Deuces Wilde." This is the second year that they have played for our Christmas Party Night. They were so good last year and the partygoers had such a great night that we booked them to play again this year. Of course, we've also booked a DJ to carry the party on into the early hours.....

....and for that extra Peace of Mind....let's face it we could be in for another chilly winter with icy roads, closed taxi ranks and freezing stranded customers....we've a special Christmas gift for you to avoid such headaches! When you book your Christmas Party with us, we can offer you an overnight stay FOR ONLY €29.00 PER ROOM - ON A ROOM ONLY BASIS (most rooms consist of a double and single bed)....so you can relax and enjoy your night without a care in the World!!!

For bookings please contact Robert or Eoin on 021 - 4811277 or by email on commodorehotel@eircom.net

Christmas 2012 Party Brochure available online click here

Satan the Raven....

We have all sorts of celebrities staying with us from time to time, but we'd have to admit that this one was a new one on us. Earlier in the month, on a break from filming the new Tv series The Vikings, Satan the Raven and his owner Shay Cullen chose the Commodore Hotel for a two day stopover.

Satan is a beautiful one year old raven and caused quite a stir in the town. People were literally queuing up to have their photographs taken with him....and you wouldn't blame them; Satan is a beautiful bird and up close you can really appreciate the deep blue colouration of his plummage. At a distance you'd mistakenly think he was black in colour, but if you'd dare to get close you soon realise your error.

Hopefully Satan will come visit again as he's certainly built up a fan base in Cobh now!!!