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Cork

Cork is the principal city of County Cork in southwest Ireland. Known as "the Rebel City" the "real capital of Ireland", Cork has a strong independence and Corkonians are proud of its role in Irish history. Wikivoyage

Population 222,333 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Ireland

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Ireland

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Cork. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Cork Midsummer Festival

    June

    Cork Midsummer Festival features theatre, music, dance, painting, and photograph in mid-June

  2. Cork Jazz Festival

    October

    Cork Jazz Festival is held in late October

  3. Cork International Film Festival

    November

    Cork International Film Festival (CIFF), also known the Cork Film Festival (Irish: Féile Scannán Chorcaí), is a film festival held annually in Cork City, Ireland.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Cork); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 96 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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