A Flavour of Cobh – Profiles of Local People provides visitors with portraits of 24 Cobh people and gives a flavour of life in Cobh. The book was seen as a souvenir of a visit to this Heritage Town.
Academics would describe this book as a sociological portrait of townspeople and say it is important for posterity.
A cross-section of Cobh people have contributed to the publication. Their interviews were recorded on tapes and transcribed. Sonia O’Sullivan was completed online. The intention was to be positive and upbeat while giving an accurate pen-picture of life in Cobh.
As well as the interviews there is also an account of the Daunt Rock recuse and the part played in the rescue by the Mary Stanford. That is the RNLI lifeboat that was stationed in nearby Ballycotton.