• Ireland Guide

  • Introduction to Ireland
  • Weather
  • Things not to miss
  • Getting around
  • Entry requirements
  • Money
  • Public holidays

• Explore Ireland

  • Dublin
  • Around Dublin: Wicklow, Kildare and Meath
  • Louth, Monaghan and Cavan
  • The Midlands: Westmeath, Longford, Offaly and Laois
  • Kilkenny, Carlow and Wexford
  • Tipperary and Waterford
  • Cork
  • Kerry
  • Limerick and Clare
  • Galway and Mayo
  • Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon
  • Donegal
  • Belfast
  • Antrim and Derry
  • Down and Armagh
  • Tyrone and Fermanagh

• Cities

  • Armagh city
    
  • Cork city
    
  • Derry city
    
  • Dublin
    
  • Galway city
    
  • Kilkenny city
    
  • Waterford city
    

Ireland Guide

Cork

Cork city

• Accommodation
• Eating
• Pubs and bars

The Republic's second city, Cork (Corcaigh, "marshy place") is strongly characterized by its geography. The centre sits tight on a kilometre-wide island, much of which was reclaimed from marshes, in the middle of the River Lee, while the enclosing hills seem to turn this traditionally self-sufficient city in on itself. Given this layout and its history, it comes as no surprise that Corkonians have a reputation in Ireland for independence of spirit, not to say chippiness.