Queens′town, a seaport of Ireland, on the south side of Great Island, in the harbor of Cork, 177 miles southeast of Dublin. Its original name was Cove of Cork; the present name is in memory of the visit of Queen Victoria in 1849. The town is built in parallel streets on the slopes of a hill shaped like an amphitheater. It is noted for its mild and healthful climate. The splendid Roman Catholic cathedral for the Cloyne diocese is the principal building. Queenstown is an important port of call, the mails from the United States being landed here and sent overland to Dublin. Population 9,590. See Harper’s Magazine, September, 1884.
