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County Cork. 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. As of 2022, the county had a population of ...
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.
Official website. 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. At the 2022 census, it had a population of 224,004.
Kinsale (/ k ɪ n ˈ s eɪ l / kin-SAYL; Irish: Cionn tSáile, meaning 'head of the brine' [2]) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland.Located approximately 25 km (16 mi) south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,991 (as of the 2022 census) [1] which increases in the summer ...
County Cork. Spike Island (Irish: Inis Píc) is an island of 103 acres (42 ha) [1] in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Originally the site of a monastic settlement, [2][3] the island is dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named Fort Mitchel. The island's strategic location within the harbour meant it was used at times for defence and as a ...
Map of West Cork. West Cork (Irish: Iarthar Chorcaí) [1] is a tourist region and municipal district in County Cork, Ireland.As a municipal district, West Cork falls within the administrative area of Cork County Council, [2] and includes the towns of Bantry, Castletownbere, Clonakilty, Dunmanway, Schull and Skibbereen, and the 'key villages' of Baltimore, Ballydehob, Courtmacsherry ...
Bandon (/ ˈbændən /; Irish: Droichead na Bandan) is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It lies on the River Bandon between two hills. The name in Irish means 'Bridge of the Bandon', a reference to the origin of the town as a crossing point on the river. In 2004 Bandon celebrated its quatercentenary. The town, sometimes called the Gateway to ...
B. Sack of Baltimore. Battle of Cloughleagh. Battle of Knocknaclashy. Battle of Macroom. Whiddy Island disaster. Book of Fermoy. Buttevant Rail Disaster.