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While in Cork I took my friends advise and went to spend some time in Cobh, a small seaside town just outside Cork. It was formerly called Queenstown and if you wish to learn the fascinating...
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It pronounces ‘shin aye’ and everybody there says this is the only REAL Irish pub in the city. Don’t know much about it but at least I can say it has great traditional music sessions....
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No matter how many interesting places had you managed to see in Cork there’s only one way you could capture the Irish essential feature and that is to spend a few hours at the Hi-B pub. This pub...
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The English Market is on this side since 1600’s and it’s been called so for an obvious reason: Irish people weren’t allowed to purchase their food from there. But now every gourmet in town...
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To see the St Ann’s Church you must reach the Shandon side of the town and look for the tower with a golden fish, there’s no way you could miss it. To climb up to the belfry of St Ann’s...
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The Hugenot Quarter is a lovely pedestrian area between St Paul street and St Patrick street. During the 17th and the 18th century over 300 of the French Protestants, who were also named Hugenots,...
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The St Finbar's Cathedral is situated just outside the city center. Many people visit it but very few fully explore the ground, contenting oneself to admire the Gothic architecture, with a very...
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Most of the people who travel to the City of Cork make the Blarney Castle their first stop. Whatever the reasons, this 15 minutes bus ride from the center of Cork has to be done. The castle is...
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County Cork is situated in the south west of Ireland and is the largest county of all in Ireland. Also the city of Cork is the second largest, the first being Dublin, but many of the Irish people, including those who live there like to call it “the real capital of Ireland”. If you plan a...
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This is one of the best preserved stone circles in Ireland, if not Europe. The thirteen stones in this circle dates back to between 150BC – 100AD. Originally there were seventeen stones but it is remarkable that two thousand years later most of these still exist. Nearby is the remains of a...
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As cork city‘s most famous tourist attraction this twelfth century medieval castle is still in pretty good condition as a castle but is more famous for the slab of rock it contains called the...
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Situated at the top of Oliver Plunket Street this Cork favorite is one of the many late bars in Cork that acts as an alternative to the horrendous Cork nightclubs. Gauranted to be packed out at...
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Passage West is an old harbour town that served as an unloading dock for heavy ships that were unable to continue the shallow channel to Cork City. During the 18th and 19th centuries the town grew...
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Having spent many years of my life strolling into and falling out of bars in my home city of Cork I think I’m well qualified to write the quickest of pub guides on, in my biased opinion, the best...
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One place that is very interesting to visit in Cork is the English market. It is huge and they only sell food. Most of that food is fish and sea delicacies. The people that sell there are very nice...
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Cork is a lovely irish town, with very friendly people, that unfortunately have a somehow difficult to understand accent. I was really surprised about how friendly they are and how they start...
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I definitely wanted to see the Curch of Shandon, as it is the major highlight of Cork. I loved the way it is built. Make sure you make a round tour around the building, because two of the outside...
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