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CORK PLACES TO VISIT
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Cork Visitor Attractions |
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Visitor Attractions in
Cork City and Visitor Attractions in
Cork County can range from a visit to
kiss the Blarney Stone in Blarney Castle
and shopping in Blarney Woollen Mills to
a visit to ring the Bells of Shannon in
the Church of St Annes in Cork City.
Enjoy the many historical castles and
cathedrals in the Cork area from
Barryscourt Castle in Carrigtwohill and
Fota House and Cobh Cathedral to the
wonderful Abbey in
Timoleague and the
Bridgetown Priory and mills in Castletownroche. East Cork offers a host
of Blue Flag Beaches in Youghal and
Garryvoe and enjoy shopping for Stephen
Pearce pottery in Shannagarry. North
Cork where you can visit the
Mitchelstown Caves, enjoy a trip to
Millstreet Country Park, Glanworth with
its many historical interests such as
Glanworth Abbey and the Labbacallee
wedge tomb. Gouganne Barra a place best
enjoyed for walking or take the motor
trail to experience the beauty.
West Cork offers Blue Flag Beaches also
such as Garretstown, Inchydoney,
Owenahina Beach and Warren Beach at
Rosscarbery. Clonakility a great town to
stop off and enjoy and take in the
history of Michael Collins. Ballydehob a
town full of character. Kinsale a
beautiful historic town with much to
delight the visitor from the historical
Charles Fort and then the gourmet
delights of the town's restaurants, and
after enjoy a stroll through the lovely
narrow streets. Bantry with its
beautiful Bantry Bay home to Bantry
House and Gardens and Glengarriff with
its many walking paths to enjoy. .
For the rugged beauty of the Irish
Coastline enjoy the views from the
Akakista, Mizen Head, Sheeps Head, and
the Beara Peninsula's. The visitor can
enjoy a trip to the wonderful islands
off Cork County including Bear Island,
Garnish Island(Ilnacullin), Cape Clear,
Sherkin Island, and Dursey Island. |
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Beaches |
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Blue Flag Beaches in Cork can be enjoyed whatever the
season. Blue Flag Beaches of Cork
include in West Cork: Barleycove Beach,
Garretstown Beach near Kinsale, Garrylucas Beach near Kinsale, Inchydoney Beach (near Clonakilty),
Owenahincha Beach(near Clonakilty), The
Warren Beach(Rosscarbery), Tragumna
Beach (near Skibbereen). East Cork Blue
Flag Beaches include Garryvoe Beach,
Youghal/Redbarn Beach, Youghal Claycastle
Beach. |
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Art Galleries |
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Art Galleries in Cork
offer a lovely way
to take time out and slow the pace of
taking in Cork sights and attractions.
The Lewis Glucksman Gallery in Cork City
can be enjoyed after enjoying a walk
around the grounds of UCC. The Lee
Gallery , Crawford Art Gallery, the
Lavit Gallery along with Buckleys Fine
Art Gallery are all in Cork City. The
Courtyard Gallery in located in this
working market town in Midleton. The
Vangard Gallery of Macroom offers
national and contemporary art to delight
the visitor. Kinsale Art Gallery located
in the ever popular tourist town of
Kinsale along with Giles Norman Black
and White Photography Gallery. Morris
Gallery in Skibbereen and The
Hummingbird Gallery in
Dunmanway can be
visited with a trip to The Barn Gallery
and Studio in Drimoleague. Touring
the scenic West Cork region of Ireland
the tourist can visit The Catherine
Hammond Gallery in Glengarriff, Mill
Cove Gallery in Castletownbere, and the
Heron Gallery in Schull and Ahakista. |
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Museums and Historical Houses |
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Cork Museums can include a visit to
Desmond Castle & Wine Museum, and then
on to Kinsale Museum. Bantry House
offers an insight into the ancestral
home of the Earls of Bantry with its
many tapestries, paintings and many
important pieces of furniture of
European origin. Cobh Museum where the
visitor can see examples of pieces of
fine lace and details of the Victorian
era in Cobh along with maritime pieces
on interest. Cobh Heritage Centre giving
history of Cobh's origin and legacy,
along with visiting themes from the
Famine and Emigration era and The
Titantic. Cork Museum is located in the
beautiful Fitzgerals Park, gives an
insight into life long ago for the Cork
people, examples of fine silver objects,
fashion from the different era's,
including a Huguenot costume and old
pieces of Youghal Lace. Collections also
include objects from Ancient Egypt,
Greece and Rome. Visit the Cork Butter
Exchange Museum in Cork City where the
international trade of butter took place
in years gone by.
The Michael Collins Centre
in Clonakility gives a full history of
this man's passion to gain an
independent Ireland in the 1900's.
Allihies Copper Mine Museum preserved
the history of mining in this region.
Fota House owned by the Smith Barry
Family displays beautiful architecture
and craftsmanship which was to be found
in Ireland in the 18th and 19th, while
learning the history of the house and
family. |
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Parks & Gardens |
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A sample of Cork City and County Gardens
and Parks to visit.
Garnish Island (Ilnacullin) is located
in Bantry Bay a short distance from
Glengarriff Harbour the island is home
to an internationally famous collection
of plants, shurbs and is renowned for
its Italian Gardens, where they enjoy a
sub-tropical climate due to the warmed
waters of the Gulf Stream. Fota House
and Gardens where you can enjoy the many
walled gardens and one of the finest
collections of rare and tender trees and
shrubs grown outdoors in Ireland and
Britain. Millstreet Country Park offers
wonderful gardens set in this extensive
Park with lakeside walks with local and
visiting bands playing in the Summer.
It also includes it managed wetlands
area and also an area dedicated to rare
and threatened species that once grew in
Ireland thousands of years ago - towards
the Tertiary period. Millstreet Country
Park also has many archaeological sites
of interest. Annesgrove Gardens in
Castletownroche and Kilvarock Garden in
Durrus, West Cork. Doneraile Park is 160
hectares of parklands with mature trees
and a number of deer herds home of
Doneraile Court a fine Georgian mansion.
Lisselan Gardens and Estate laid out in
Robinsonian style contains many
beautiful azaleas, rose wreathed
pergola, water garden, and a
rhododendron garden and other shrubs and
rockery. |
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Go Racing |
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Cork Racecourse located on the banks of
the Blackwater in Mallow offers many
exciting race meetings throughout the
year.
Greyhound Racing can be enjoyed at
both Curraheen Park Greyhound Race Track
in Bishopstown, Co Cork and also at
Youghal Greyhound Race track. |
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Last modified:
Tuesday April 03, 2012
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