Cork City
You’ll be spoiled for choice for things to do when you holiday in Cork City. Breathtaking scenery and landscapes await outdoor enthusiasts. The only question is whether you’ll be shopping, relaxing in a café, visiting the museums and art galleries or taking an open top bus tour about the city.
At night, will it be an opera or traditional music session, an outing to the theatre, or a browse around a food fair? As for the history and heritage buffs, you’ll enjoy the treasures on offer.
Visitors Centre, North Main Street:
Located in the heart of Cork's historic centre, and within walking distance of the city's artistic, commercial and tourist attractions, the Vision Centre offers visitors an opportunity to appreciate a fine example of conservation in action, and to explore Cork's evolution from past, through present, and onwards to future development.
Cork City Goal, Sunday’s Well:
The Gaol has been restored as a highly exciting visitor attraction which set out to tell the visitor what life was like there for prisoners in the 19th century. An exciting Audio Visual presentation is an integral part of the experience.
The Royal Gunpowder Mills, Ballincollig:
The Mills invites you to visit their exciting, and unique industrial complex on the banks of the River Lee in Cork, where the manufacture of gunpowder took place from 1794 to 1903.
University College, Cork:
University College Cork was originally established in 1845 as one of three Queen's Colleges in Cork, Galway and Belfast.
The original site chosen for the University is believed to have had a connection with Saint Finbarr, the patron saint of Cork, whose monastery and school of learning were in the area.
The UCC campus is noted for its mature well-wooded grounds containing several Californian Redwood trees. These form a splendid setting for the Gothic revival-style Main Quadrangle buildings, modelled on a typical Oxford college by the renowned Cork architect of the mid 19th century - Sir Thomas Deane.
Make sure you pop into the Visitor Centre which has memorabilia and souvenirs of UCC.
Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral:
The Cathedral is located off College Road and was designed by William Burges and consecrated in 1870, the Cathedral lies on a site where Christian worship has been offered since the seventh century.
