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Chris, sailing aboard Saga47swan, reports from Castletown Head after visiting the Cobh Heritage Center in Cobh (formerly Queenstown), Ireland, where the boat was berthed at the Cobh Sailing Club.0:15 The center covers the 19th-century Irish Potato Famine, which killed more than 1.5 million people and triggered mass emigration — roughly 4 million people left Ireland, with 1.5 million departing from Cobh alone. Emigrant voyages to Australia took 7 to 9 months under harsh conditions, with open cooking fires prohibited aboard ships due to fire risk. The center also covers the forced transportation of Irish political prisoners to American and Australian colonies. Two maritime disasters feature prominently: the Titanic, whose last port of call before its maiden voyage was Queenstown, and the Lusitania, torpedoed by a German submarine approximately 20 miles off the Irish coast during World War One with more than 1,800 lives lost. Ireland's current population of roughly 5 million reflects the cumulative toll of famine and emigration. No navigation or technical sailing content appears; the focus is the heritage museum visit.

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