Places to Explore In County Cork

Ballycotton

Perched on a rocky spur over the Atlantic, this pretty bayfront village with its famous lighthouse has a cliffside track that connects it to a...

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• 2 Things To Do

Bantry

The town of Bantry is at the head of Bantry Bay, between the Sheep's Head Peninsula to the southwest and the Beara Peninsula to the...

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• 3 Hotels
• 7 Things To Do

Blarney

"On Galway sands they kiss your hands, they kiss your lips at Carney, but by the Lee they drink strong tea, and kiss the stone...

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Castletownbere

Castletownbere is one of Ireland's busiest white fish ports and a good place to set down the anchor for touring the magnificent Beara Peninsula. The...

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• 4 Things To Do

Castletownshend

Castletownshend has an unusual number of large, stone houses, most of them dating from the mid-18th century, when it was an important port. The main...

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Clonakilty and Nearby

Clonakilty is a small market town and famous for being the hometown of statesman and revolutionary Michael Collins. His significance still resonates throughout the town...

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• 3 Hotels
• 13 Things To Do

Cobh

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• 5 Things To Do

Cork City

Cork's city center is in a valley that's spread over 13 islands where the River Lee splinters and meets again, while its suburbs are located...

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• 10 Hotels
• 43 Things To Do

Cork Harbour

On a fine day, with visitors milling along Cobh's colorful harborfront at the foot of its hilly terrain, its hard to imagine that millions of...

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• 1 Things To Do

Fermoy

An army town dating mainly from the mid-19th century, Fermoy was a major crossroads on the Dublin–Cork road (N8). The bridge that spans the Blackwater...

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Glengarriff

One of the jewels of Bantry Bay is Glengarriff, the "rugged glen" much loved by the writers William Thackeray and Sir Walter Scott. The drive...

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• 2 Hotels
• 3 Things To Do

Kinsale

Foodies flock to Kinsale, a picturesque port that pioneered the Irish small-town tradition of fine dining in unbelievably small restaurants. In the early 1980s, Kinsale...

• 8 Restaurants
• 4 Hotels
• 16 Things To Do

Midleton

Midleton is famous for its school, Midleton College, founded in 1696, and its distillery, founded in 1825 and modernized in 1975, which manufactures spirits—including Irish...

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• 1 Hotels
• 1 Things To Do

Schull

Teeming with the brightly painted facades of craft and book stores, galleries and pubs, this pretty village is alive with schooners in season and attracts...

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• 1 Hotels
• 3 Things To Do

Shanagarry

There are three reasons to come to Shanagarry, a farming village known chiefly for its Quaker connections: Ballymaloe House, one of Ireland's first and still...

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• 1 Hotels
• 4 Things To Do

Skibbereen

Skibbereen is the main market town in this neck of southwest Cork. The Saturday country market and the plethora of pubs, punctuated by bustling shops...

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• 2 Hotels
• 4 Things To Do