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 Walk
up a bit of Patrick' s Hill, if you have the legs for it, just to
feel the steepness. Then maybe up Summer Hill or Wellington road
which runs parallel till you come to St. Luke's Cross and
Montenotte, the latter the former residential area of the
Merchants of Cork, from here you can look down over the port and
harbour, and the river widening away to the south passing
Blackrock Castle and on towards the sea. The
Cork Heritage Park at Blackrock is well worth a
visit.
Back on "the flat" of the city again, See the
 City
Hall, a fine modern building nicely reflected in the
river. Visit the Markets, The
English Market with openings off Princes
Street, Patrick Street and the Grand Parade, a covered market for
fish, fruit, meat and vegetable, on the Coal Quay (pronounced
Kay), the open-air market which is as much part of the
folk-culture of Cork as is Shandon. The
Crawford Gallery in Emmet Place houses an interesting
sculpture collection, including some Rodin bronzes and a fine
collection of paintings. In the Grand
Parade you will find the Berwick Fountain, The
National Monument, and Bishop Lucey
Park, which you enter through magnificent gates, which have been
relocated from the old entrance to the Corporation yard in
Anglesea Street. Exit the park at the South
Main Street. Here you will see Beamish
& Crawford Brewery where Beamish Stout is brewed
and exported all over the world.
You will hear Corkonians refer to "the statue" (it may
sound like "de statcha" in some voices). They will be
talking about the monument to Father Theobald Matthew, 19th
century Apostle of Temperance. Unpopular as you might expect his
cause to be in a place like Ireland, in fact it became a national
crusade. His status at the end of Patrick Street, near Patrick's
Bridge, is Cork's best known landmark
The Old Gaol
in Sunday's Well has been restored and is one of the many Visitor
Attractions in Cork. It tells the story of the everyday life
in the Gaol in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of the
original cells have been restored and an Audio Visual programme
has been provided.
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