I might be of Irish-decent, but even this one caught me by surprise. It’s actually pronounced “COVE”, not “COB” or “COBE”.
Cobh is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland (see map below). In the past, many Irish placenames had been anglicised by English settlers, so it was spelt 'Cobh' instead of 'Cove' to make it more Gaelic. St. Coleman's Cathedral is the prevailing architecture in the waterfront aspect of Cobh, pictured here.
