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Wilton Shopping Centre car park. Wilton Shopping Centre, located in the Wilton area of Cork, is the second biggest shopping centre in the city. It opened on 6 December 1979, and has 65 shops. In 2003, construction began to add 10 new units, and outlets in the centre now include Tesco, Penneys, New Look, Life Style Sports, and Easons. [1] [2]
Dundrum Town Centre – one of the two largest shopping complexes in Ireland [3] George's Street Arcade; Ilac Centre; Jervis Shopping Centre; Liffey Valley; Merrion Centre; Northside Shopping Centre – the first covered shopping centre in Ireland; Nutgrove Shopping Centre; Omni Park; The Square Tallaght; Stephen's Green Shopping Centre ...
Wilton is a suburb of Cork City.It is the site of Cork University Hospital, [1] Cork's largest hospital. Other landmarks include Wilton Shopping Centre and St. Finbarr's Cemetery, which lies on the border between Wilton and Glasheen and is the resting place of some of Cork's most notable citizens.
Cork was originally a monastic settlement, reputedly founded by Saint Finbarr in the 6th century. [12] It became (more) urbanised some point between 915 and 922 when Norseman settlers founded a trading port. [13] [14] It has been proposed that, like Dublin, Cork was an important trading centre in the global Scandinavian trade network. [15]
Roches Stores was founded in Cork in 1901 by William Roche, the son of a farmer from north County Cork, who had worked in Cash's in Cork city and for a time in London. The business began life as a small furniture shop in a former sawmill on Merchant Street in Cork. Over the following twelve years, Roche grew the business to include womenswear ...
The Marina Market is an indoor food hall and multipurpose venue near the centre of Cork, Ireland. Formerly a warehouse, it was converted and then opened to the public in September 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic to offer food services to the community in an open-air space. Its popularity saw it continue to operate after the pandemic subsided.
Between March and April 2018, Cork City Council banned afternoon traffic on Patrick Street, with only public transport traffic allowed between 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. While the ban was lifted within a few weeks, due to a reported impact on city centre traders, [6] [7] it was subsequently reinstated. Its enforcement has reportedly been inconsistent.
South Mall (Irish: An Meall Theas) [1] is one of the main streets of Cork city, Ireland.It runs from Grand Parade in the west to Parnell Place in the east. Like Grand Parade and St. Patrick's Street, it is built over what was once a channel of the River Lee.