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Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral

Saint Fin Barres Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Cork city, Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Begun in 1863, the cathedral was the first major work of the Victorian architect William Burges. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Cork, it is now one of three cathedrals in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.

Cork RC Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Anne (also known as Cork Cathedral, Saint Mary's Cathedral, North Cathedral or The North Chapel) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Cork, Ireland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Cork and Ross, and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross.

Saint Finbarre's Cathedral

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Cork city, Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Begun in 1863, the cathedral was the first major work of the Victorian architect William Burges. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Cork, it is now one of three cathedrals in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.

Skibbereen Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The diocese is in the secular province of Munster. The diocese was formed by an ex aequo principaliter union on 19 April 1958, between the Dioceses of Cork and Ross. The incumbent Ordinary is the Most Rev. Dr. John Buckley. The cathedral church of the diocese is Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne.

Crooke's Castle

Crookes Castle is an ornamental tower in Aghavrin townland, 4.8 km north-west of Coachford village, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. It was built by Thomas Epinetus Crooke of nearby Aghavrin House, who served during the Napoleonic Wars, mainly on board the HMS Shamrock, a Royal Navy blockade ship. It is referred to as a tower located on Carrigaknubber Rock as per the 1842 surveyed OS map and named as Aghavrin Castle in both the Ordnance Survey name book and the 1901 surveyed OS map. The OS name book describes it as in the southern part of Aghavrin about 4 chains north-east of the boundary with Rockgrove . Locally, it is nowadays referred to as Crookes Castle. Early Irish ordnance survey maps indicate structures named tower often located in or around a country-house demesne. These were mostly built in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries, and sited in prominent positions to act as eye-catchers, and to afford good views from the tower itself. Many were used for tea parties, when tea drinking became fashionable in the eighteenth century. Lewis in A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland describes the demesne of Ahavrin as small but well planted, and refers to an isolated rock at its southern extremity upon which stands a picturesque castellated tower, surmounted by a light and graceful turret. The OS name book describes it as a tower or turret, built by Captain Crooke on Carrigacnubber rock, generally known as Ahavrin Castle, and referred to by Herbert Gilman as the Admirals Folly. The Archaeological Inventory of county Cork describes it as a ruined square three-storey tower, having rectangular window opes with hood-mouldings, and an embattled parapet. It is also described as having a slim circular projection on the south-east corner with slit windows, rising higher than the tower, and also having an embattled parapet. The Irish Tourist Association survey of 1944 states that it was erected 100 to 120 years previously, cost £100, and was built by Commodore Crooke of the British Navy. The survey holds that Crooks Tower would be a more accurate description, and that it consisted of two narrow sections with the cylindrical portion slightly higher than the rectangular element. It was observed to stand on a high rock in a reasonably level country area, and a distinctive landmark from the road. It was partly ruinous but the circular staircase could still be negotiated. The tower is not accessible to the public and is located on private property. A short distance to the south-west and of presumed earlier date is a mass rock, which would have been used for worship during penal times.

University College Cork

University College Cork National University of Ireland, Cork is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. The university is located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges located in Belfast, Cork, and Galway. It became University College, Cork, under the Irish Universities Act of 1908. The Universities Act 1997 renamed the university as National University of Ireland, Cork, and a Ministerial Order of 1998 renamed the university as University College Cork National University of Ireland, Cork, though it continues to be almost universally known as University College Cork. Amongst other rankings and awards, the university was named Irish University of the Year by the Sunday Times on four occasions most recently in 2015/2016. In 2015, UCC was also named as top performing university by the European Commission funded U-Multirank system, based on obtaining the highest number of "A" scores among a field of 1200 partaking universities. UCC also became the first university to achieve the ISO 50001 standard in energy management in 2011. Dr. Michael B. Murphy has been president of the university since February 2007.

Skiddy's Almshouse

Skiddy's Almshouse is the oldest inhabited building in the city of Cork. It was built in 1718 and finished in 1719. It was the second almshouse built using a bequest from Stephen Skiddy for the city's poor, either Catholic or Church of Ireland. Built on a corner of the medieval Saint Mary's Churchyard, the building was once part of a campus including the Green Coat Hospital and School. The other buildings were demolished in the 1950s. The Almshouse was saved from demolition in the 1960s with restoration completed in 1975. A second restoration was completed in 2005. Skiddy's Almshouse is now one of the very few surviving eighteenth-century institutional buildings in Cork. The restoration of this building in 2005 won the contractor the RIAI Europa Nostra Award for the work. The Almshouse is an L-shaped building with a stone arcade enclosed by a ten-foot wall and a large iron gate. As of 2011, it housed 15 people.

Daly's bridge

Dalys bridge is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Lee in Cork, Ireland. Known locally as the Shakey Bridge, it joins Sundays Well road on the northside, to Fitzgeralds Park on the south. Completed in 1926 and opened in 1927, it is the only suspension bridge in Cork city and was constructed by the London-based David Rowell Company to the design of Stephen W. Farrington, the Cork City Engineer. Constructed primarily of wrought iron, the bridge spans 160 feet, and the timber planked walkway is four and a half feet wide. The bridge takes its official name from Cork businessman James Daly, who contributed to the cost of the bridge. Its colloquial name derives from the movement of the platform when running or jumping on the bridge.

Red Abbey

The Red Abbey in Cork, Ireland was a 14th-century Augustinian abbey which took its name from the reddish sandstone used in construction. Today all that remains of the structure is the central bell tower of the abbey church, which is one of the last remaining visible structures dating to the medieval walled town of Cork.

Cork City Hall

Cork City Hall is a civic building in Cork, Ireland which houses the administrative headquarters of Cork City Council. The original Cork City Hall was destroyed on 11 December 1920 by the Black and Tans during the Irish War of Independence in an event known as the "Burning of Cork". Following a design competition, designs by Alfred Jones and Stephen Kelly (Jones and Kelly architects) were selected, and the construction contract for the replacement civic buildings awarded to John Sisk & Son. The foundation stone of the new City Hall building was laid by Éamon de Valera on the 9 July 1932. The cost of this new building was provided by the British Government in the 1930s as a gesture of reconciliation. On 24 April 1935, Cork Corporation held a meeting in the new hall for the first time. The City Hall was officially opened by de Valera on the 8 September 1936. The building is faced with dressed limestone quarried in Little Island and incorporates a concert hall. A major extension to City Hall was opened in 2007.

Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne

The Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Anne is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Cork, Ireland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Cork and Ross, and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross.

Aghavrin House

Aghavrin House is a country house in the townland of Aghavrin, situated 4.8 km north-west of Coachford village. The house and demesne were dominant features in the rural landscape of Ireland, throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Location often reflected the distribution of better land, and this is evidenced in mid-Cork, where many of these houses are situated along the valley of the River Lee and its tributaries. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as built c. 1810, being a five-bay, two-storey over basement house, and having symmetrical chimneystacks, elegant proportions, tall windows, a centralised arched doorcase and limestone perron . A gate lodge is indicated on the 1841 surveyed OS map at the roadside entrance to Aghavrin House, but no longer appears to exist. A summer house is indicated on the 1901 surveyed OS map, as a garden feature within the grounds, and still exists as a ruined semi-circular unroofed ivy-clad stone structure. It was once the residence of the Crooke family. Lewiss Topographical Dictionary of Ireland describes the demesne of Ahavrin as small but well planted, and refers to Capt. T. E. Crooke of Ahavrin House. The tithe applotment book for the parish of Aghabullogue records Thomas Crook Esq. of Ahavren as occupying c.130 acres. The mid-nineteenth century Primary Valuation of Ireland records William Crooke as occupying c. 83 acres in Aghavrin townland, which consisted of a house, offices, gate lodge and land, with the lessor being John B. Gumbleton. There is also reference to a William Crooke occupying c.20 acres of land, with the lessor being John Bowen. The Ordnance Survey name book describes Aghavrin townland as the property of John Bowin, Esq. of Oak Grove, and John Bowin Gumbleton, Esq. Its condition was said to be of mixed quality, principally cultivated, but containing some boggy land, rocks and furze. To the south of Aghavrin House is Crookes Castle, constructed by Thomas Epinetus Crooke, who served during the Napoleonic Wars, mainly on board the HMS Shamrock, a Royal Navy blockade ship. The Irish Tourist Association survey of 1944 confirms Aghavrin House as the residence of Mrs Scott and that her family had built the property. It also notes that, during the War of Independence, IRA members had billeted themselves on the premises without invitation from the owner. During the twentieth century, the property became the residence of Brigadier Michael John Cahill OBE, who died in 1968 and is interred at Christchurch graveyard, Coachford. Today, it remains a private residence, and is not accessible to the public.

English Market

The English Market, comprises Princes Street Market and Grand Parade Market, and is a municipal food market in the centre of Cork, Ireland. The market is administered by Cork City Council. The market is well supported locally and has become a tourist attraction drawing visitors from throughout the world, including a visit by Queen Elizabeth II during her 2011 state visit. The term English Market was coined in the 19th Century to distinguish the market from the nearby St. Peters Market, which was known as the Irish Market. There has been a market on the present site since 1788 but the present group of buildings was constructed in the mid-19th century with the ornamental entrance at Princes Street being constructed in 1862 by Sir John Benson. The market changed little over the next century or so until it was seriously damaged by fire on 19 June 1980 and had to be extensively refurbished by Cork City Council. The refurbishment work was done in sympathy with the original Victorian buildings design and won a Gold Medal from the Europa Nostra heritage foundation for conservation shortly after its completion. The refurbished market suffered a second fire in 1986 but the fire was less damaging than the first. Since its refurbishment the market has become more multicultural, and a variety of fresh produce from around the world can be bought there. The market is still best known however for its fresh fish and butchers, and it serves many of the citys top restaurants. It is a source of local specialities such as drisheen, spiced beef, and buttered eggs.

St. Finbarr's Cemetery

St. Finbarrs Cemetery in Cork, Ireland, is the citys largest and one of the oldest cemeteries still in use. Located on the Glasheen Road, it was first opened in the mid 19th century. Many of the early burials were of the wealthy citizens of the city. Unlike older cemeteries, St. Finbarrs was professionally laid out with numbered pathways and wide avenues.

Everyman Palace Theatre

The Everyman Palace Theatre is a 650-seat Victorian theatre on MacCurtain Street in Cork, Ireland. Originally opened in 1897/98, it is the oldest purpose-built theatre building in Cork. The Everyman has undergone many changes, through its days as "Dan Lowrey’s Palace of Varieties", life as a cinema, periods of disrepair, and reinvigoration as a modern theatre in the 1980s. The theatre is housed in a listed Victorian building with a large stage and auditorium, with proscenium arch, four elaborately decorated boxes, a studio space and bar . The Everymans programme is an eclectic mix of plays, operas, musicals and concerts, but it specialises in drama and usually stages three in-house productions per year. In the summer months, it hosts productions by Irish playwrights. Other major recurring events include the Guinness Jazz Festival in October, and the Christmas pantomime. A unique feature of the Everyman Palace is that its front of house ushering staff is composed entirely of volunteers. Up until 2007, The Everyman hosted the Irish regional festival of the National Theatres New Connections program every May. It gained a reputation for supporting and enabling providing a platform for youth theatres such as Activate, Kildare Youth Theatre and Independent Youth Theatre.

Kennedy Park

Kennedy Park is a local park in Cork, Ireland, so called after the visit of US president John F. Kennedy on 28 June 1963. The 7.5 acre park is situated between Victoria Road and Monahan Road in Cork. The park is sometimes colloquially known as Da Boggy due to its proximity to the Boggy Road. In the past, the park hosted a variety of playground equipment, including, swings, slides and monkey bars but due to misuse and neglect these were later removed. Up to the late 1980s the park was used as a pitching site for Perks Circus.

Live at the Marquee (festival)

Live at the Marquee is an annual music festival which takes place in Cork, Ireland during the summer, usually over multiple days in June and July. The first event occurred in 2005 when Cork was the official European Capital of Culture. It was then decided to continue with the event in the years that followed. In 2007 the event was relocated from Monahan Road to the Docklands on Centre Park Road in Cork. The festival consists of a number of separate events each headlined by a different artist and each with their own ticket prices. It has attracted many well-known names in the music industry to perform including Kanye West, Elton John, Anastacia, 50 Cent, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Faithless, Roger Waters, Christy Moore, Al Green, Eric Clapton, Lou Reed, Jay-Z, Morrissey, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Brian Wilson, Lady Gaga, Jessie J, Olly Murs, Steps, Meat Loaf, Ke$ha and Sting

The Diamond Bar

The Diamond Bar, formerly known as Long's Pub, is a historical site in Béal na Bláth in the townland of Glannarouge in the country-side of County Cork. The assassination of the Irish leader Michael Collins was planned in Murray's farmhouse situated behind the Diamond Bar. The Michael Collins Memorial, close to where Michael Collins was shot, is located one mile south of the Diamond Bar.

Church of St Anne

The Church of St Anne is a Church of Ireland church located in the Shandon district of Cork city in Ireland. It is situated a top a hill overlooking the River Lee, and the church tower of is a noted landmark and symbol of the city. The church bells were popularised in song in the 19th century, and remain a visitor attraction.

Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church, Templebreedy is a Christian church close to Crosshaven, in County Cork, Ireland. It was designed by William Burges who also designed the main Diocesan church of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral. The church opened in 1868 and remains an active Church of Ireland church.

Musgrave Park

Musgrave Park, also referred to as Irish Independent Park, is a rugby football stadium in the city of Cork, Ireland. The ground is situated on Pearse Road in Ballyphehane. The ground was originally named after Jimmy Musgrave, a past-president of the Irish Rugby Football Union, with naming rights later sold to Independent News & Media in 2014. Owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union , it is primarily used by Dolphin RFC, Sundays Well RFC, and Munster Rugby.

Richard Beamish Cricket Grounds

Richard Beamish Cricket Grounds are a cricket ground in the Mardyke, Cork, Ireland. Officially named after Richard Beamish, it is generally called the Mardyke after the area where it is situated, or the Cricket Club as it is the home ground of Cork County Cricket Club. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1866, when Cork County played I Zingari. Some eighty years later, the ground held its inaugural first-class match when Ireland played Scotland. Two further first-class matches between the teams were held there in 1961 and 1973. The Omani International Cricket team has also trained in the ground.

Bishopstown Stadium

Bishopstown Stadium is an association football stadium located in Bishopstown on the western outskirts of Cork, Ireland. It is the home ground of Women's National League club Cork City WFC. Formerly the home ground of League of Ireland club Cork City FC, it later became their training ground. Cork City FC's move to Bishopstown in 1993 proved costly and unpopular with fans, while the condition of the pitch quickly became "notorious". With Cork City on the verge of liquidation in November 1995, the Football Association of Ireland bought the stadium for £70,000 to be shared amongst the club's creditors. Under new ownership Cork City returned to Turners Cross in 1996. Property speculators McCarthy Developments then bought the Bishopstown ground and twice tried to turn it into student accommodation serving the Institute of Technology, Carlow, only to be refused planning permission. They rented the site back to Cork City as a training ground and administrative base in early 2010. Cork Women's FC began using the facility as their home ground in 2013, as they forged closer links with the owners of the male Cork City club.

Turners Cross

Turners Cross is an all-seater football stadium located in and synonymous with the district of Turner's Cross in Cork, Ireland. It is home to the Munster Football Association, and League of Ireland side Cork City. It was the first all-seated, all-covered stadium in Ireland following redevelopment in 2009, and it is currently one out of only two, the other being the new Aviva Stadium.

Crawford Art Gallery

Crawford Art Gallery is a National Cultural Institution public art gallery located in the heart of the city of Cork, Ireland. The Crawford Art Gallery is dedicated to historic and contemporary art, and welcomes over 200,000 visitors a year. Since 1979 the Gallery has been located in the centre of Cork in what used to be the Cork Customs House, built in 1724. The building was substantially extended in 2000 and is now a striking composition of Georgian poise and modern elegance. There is a permanent collection of European and Irish art along with a collection of casts of classical Greek and Roman statues cast by Antonio Canova and brought to Cork from the Vatican in 1818. The Royal Cork Institution acquired these from the Society of Fine Arts in Cork who were given them by the Prince Regent later George IV. He in turn had received them from Pope Pius VII who had commissioned Antonio Canova to make a set of plasters from statues in the Vatican. The Gallery also hosts temporary and travelling exhibitions and has education and outreach programmes.

Cloyne Round Tower

Cloyne Round Tower is a round tower in the historically monastic town of Cloyne, County Cork in Ireland. Cloyne was also the "see city" of the Anglican (Church of Ireland) Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The tower is a symbol for the town of Cloyne.

Dundanion Castle

Dundanion Castle is a Tudor tower house in the Blackrock area of Cork in Ireland. Previously known as Galweys Castle, the ruin is located on the grounds of the much later "Dundanion House".

Cork Public Museum

Cork Public Museum is a city museum in Cork, Ireland. Housed in a mid-19th century building within Fitzgerald Park in the Mardyke area of the city, the museum's exhibits focus mainly on the history and archaeology of the Cork area.

Elizabeth Fort

Elizabeth Fort is a 17th-century star fort off Barrack Street in Cork, Ireland. Originally built as a defensive fortification on high-ground outside the city walls, the city eventually grew around the fort, and it took on various other roles – including use as a military barracks, prison, and police station. As of January 2014, the fort is under development as a tourism heritage site. The walls of the fort have been accessible to the public on a regular basis since September 2014.

Athnanangle Bridge

Athnanangle Bridge is situated 2.6 km north-east of Aghabullogue village, and 6.9 km north of Coachford village. The bridge is located at the meeting point of the townlands of Clonmoyle East and Killeenleigh . The Ordnance Survey name book names it as Athnanagul. A river ford, crossing the Dripsey River, existed here until recent times, and is depicted as Athnanangle Ford and Stepping Stones on the OS 1841 surveyed map. This was replaced by Athnanangle Bridge, which had been constructed by the beginning of the twentieth century. Milner describes Athnanangle as an ancient ford which tradition associated with St. Olan of Aghabullogue and St. Lachteen of Donoughmore, being the meeting place where they marked the dividing line between their respective parishes of Aghabullogue and Donoughmore. The Irish Tourist Association survey of 1944 gives some local folklore, as to a misunderstanding between the two Saints on the question of division of parochial territories. St. Lachteen, believing a portion of his territory to be wrongfully obtained by St. Olan, is said to have remarked there will always be a robber at Aghabullogue, with St. Olan, considering his neighbour difficult to deal with, replying that Donoughmore will always have its mad dogs. Local tradition had it that any dog showing signs of hysteria was to be faced towards Donoughmore. Many surviving bridges in mid-Cork are originally constructed of stone, arched in shape, and late eighteenth or early nineteenth century in date. Athnanangle Bridge does not fit within this category, being of later construction date.

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Top Attractions in Cork

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral

Cork RC Cathedral

Saint Finbarre's Cathedral

Skibbereen Cathedral

Crooke's Castle

University College Cork

Skiddy's Almshouse

Daly's bridge

Red Abbey

Cork City Hall

Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne

Aghavrin House

English Market

St. Finbarr's Cemetery

Everyman Palace Theatre

Kennedy Park

Live at the Marquee (festival)

The Diamond Bar

Church of St Anne

Holy Trinity Church

Musgrave Park

Richard Beamish Cricket Grounds

Bishopstown Stadium

Turners Cross

Crawford Art Gallery

Cloyne Round Tower

Dundanion Castle

Cork Public Museum

Elizabeth Fort

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