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Cork (Irish: Corcaigh [ˈkɔɾˠkəɟ]; from corcach, meaning 'marsh') [6] is the second largest city in Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the province of Munster and third largest on the island of Ireland.
County Cork (Irish: Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are Mallow, Macroom, Midleton, and Skibbereen.
Patrick Street, Cork. Photochrom print c. 1890–1900. Cork, located on Ireland's south coast, is the second largest city within the Republic of Ireland after Dublin and the third largest on the island of Ireland after Dublin and Belfast. Cork City is the largest city in the province of Munster. Its history dates back to the sixth century.
The term Metropolitan Cork was used in the Cork Area Strategic Plan to refer to the area whose labour and property market is shared with the city. [4] The plan declared that it was envisaged as an area with "an integrated transport system, and the social, cultural and educational facilities of a modern European city". [ 5 ]
Pages in category "Cork (city)" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cork (barony) Cork (city)
The proposed light-rail system received support from the president of University College Cork, the Cork Chamber of Commerce, Tánaiste Simon Coveney, [14] and former Lord Mayor Mary Shields. [15] In 2020, the Cork Transport and Mobility Forum proposed a combined tram-train system for Cork based on the Karlsruhe model to the Cork City Council. [16]
The barony formed the medieval heart of the city but must be distinguished from the similar-sounding Barony of Cork which is a separate entity that surrounds the Barony of Cork City. The present city of Cork takes in both baronies. The estuary of the River Lee at its confluence with the River Glashaboy at Glanmire forms the boundary with the ...
Cork City was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 5 deputies ( Teachtaí Dála , commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).