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What to know before visiting Cork
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and third largest city on the island of Ireland. It is located in the Southern Region and in the province of Munster. In the 2022 census, the first following an extension to the city's boundary in 2019, the city had a population of 222,333. The city centre is an island positioned between two channels of the River Lee which meet downstream at the eastern end of the city centre, where the quays and docks along the river lead outwards towards Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour, one of the largest natural harbours in the world. Originally a monastic settlement, Cork was expanded by Viking invaders around 915. Its charter was granted by Prince John in 1185. Cork city was once fully walled, and the remnants of the old medieval town centre can be found around South and North Main streets. The city's cognomen of "the rebel city" originates in its support for the Yorkist cause in the Wars of the Roses. Corkonians sometimes refer to the city as "the real capital", a reference to its opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty in the Irish Civil War. -Wikipedia
General Info
Time Zone
GMT +01:00
Currency
Euro
1USD = 0.90 EUR
Best time to visit
July
August
Local Weather
JAN
3.0°
3.0°
FEB
3.0°
8.3°
MAR
4.0°
9.8°
APR
4.9°
11.8°
MAY
7.4°
14.4°
JUN
9.9°
17.0°
JUL
11.8°
18.7°
AUG
11.8°
18.6°
SEP
10.2°
16.5°
OCT
7.7°
13.2°
NOV
5.2°
10.3°
DEC
3.7
8.5°
Popular Activities
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Blackrock Castle Observatory
Cork City Gaol
Fitzgerald Park
Elizabeth Fort
Cork Public Museum
Crawford Art Gallery
National Monument - Cork
The English Market
The Butter Museum
Blarney Stone
Fota Wildlife Park
Shandon Bells & Tower St Anne's Church
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral
Nano Nagle Place
Red Abbey Tower
Daly's Bridge (The Shakey Bridge)
Blarney Castle & Gardens
Father Mathew Statue
Cork Ghost Tour
Old Cork Waterworks Experience
The Glucksman
Collins Barracks Military Museum
St Patrick's Bridge
Ocean Escapes Cork City
Monkey Maze
Historic Buildings of Pope's Quay
Triskel Arts Centre
Titanic Experience Cobh
Tramore Valley Park
The Coal Quay
Stone to The Memory of All Lost in Water Tragedies
Cork City Tours
Rory Gallagher Memorial Sculpture
Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Mary & St Anne, Shandon
Berwick Fountain
The Atlantic Pond
Rumley's Open Farm
Cobh Heritage Centre. The Queenstown Story
Anglesea Street Mural
Ballybrack Woods (Mangala)
Cork Opera House
Cork
Planet Entertainment Centre Cork
St. Colman's Cathedral, Cobh
Spike Island Tours
Kilcrea Friary
Lakemount Garden
Regional Park Ballincollig
St. Oliver's Cemetery
Blarney Castle & Gardens(Gairdíní Chaisleán na Blarnan)
Roche's Point Lighthouse
Cobh Museum
Banks Of The Lee Walkway
John F. Kennedy Park
Zipit Forest Adventures
Rock Close
Cuskinny Marsh
St Mary’s Dominican Catholic Church, Shandon
Mother Jones Flea Market
Lime Kiln
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