or, as it was formerly called Core of Cork, a seaport and market town of Ireland, in the county of Cork, on the south side of Great Island, in Cork harbour, 14 miles E.S.E. of Cork, and 167 S.W. by S. of Dublin. Built upon the steep side of a hill rising from the water, it has a very fine appearance, its streets running parallel to the shore, and rising one above another. Most of the houses are well built, and some, as a defence against storms, are faced with slates. Besides the parish church, a fine edifice erected in 1812, there are Roman Catholic and Wesleyan places of worship, a market-house, jail, national schools, public library, reading-rooms, hospital, dispensary, &c. In the harbour, opposite to Queenstown, stands Spike Island, which contains artillery barracks and a convict establishment; and there are also smaller islands, with powder magazines, and an ordnance depot. The pier of Queenstown, which was built in 1805, is used as a public walk, and commands a fine view of the harbour. There are no manufactures or commerce here; and the town has risen to its present size since the last French war, when it was an admiral's station. Before that time it was nothing but a small fishing village. It is now much resorted to as a bathing-place, especially by invalids. The name of Queenstown was given to it in 1849, in honour of the visit of Queen Victoria. Communication is kept up by steam between Queenstown and Cork. Pop. (1841) 5142; (1851) 11,428.