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Landmark Attractions In County Cork

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County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is the largest and southernmost county of Ireland, situated in the province of Munster and named after the city of Cork, Ireland's second-largest city. The Cork County Council is the local authority for the county. Its largest market towns are Mallow, Macroom, Midleton, and Skibbereen. Cork City is governed by the City Council. In 2016, the county's population was 542,196, making it the third-most populous county in Ireland. Notable Corkonians include Michael Collins, Jack Lynch, and Sonia O'Sullivan. Cork borders four other counties; Kerry to the west, Limerick to the north, Tipperary to the north-east and Waterf...
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Landmark Attractions In County Cork

  • 1. Collegiate Church Of St. Mary Youghal
    St Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland is a Church of Ireland Church in Youghal, east County Cork and part of the Diocese of Cloyne, which is a constituent diocese of the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
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  • 2. Altar Wedge Tomb Schull
    Altar Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.
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  • 3. Youghal Clock Gate Tower Youghal
    Youghal is a seaside resort town in County Cork, Ireland. Sitting on the estuary of the River Blackwater, in the past it was militarily and economically important. Being built on the edge of a steep riverbank, the town has a long and narrow layout. As of the 2016 census the population was 7,963.Since 2000 the town has experienced a decline in its former industrial base, but there are plans for revitalisation taking advantage of the town's assets. As a historic walled seaport town on the coastline of East Cork, it has a number of historic buildings and monuments within its town walls, and has been designated as an Irish Heritage Port by the Irish Tourist Board. It remains a tourist destination.
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  • 4. Old Church Cemetery Cobh
    The Old Church Cemetery is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland which contains a significant number of important burials, including a number 3 mass graves and several individual graves containing the remains of 193 victims of the passenger ship RMS Lusitania which was sunk by a German torpedo off the Old Head of Kinsale during the First World War in May 1915 with the loss of more than 1,100 lives. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission register and maintain the graves of 127 identified Commonwealth service personnel from the same war.
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  • 8. Mount Gabriel Schull
    Mount Gabriel is a mountain on the Mizen Peninsula situated immediately to the north of the town of Schull, in West Cork, Ireland. Mt. Gabriel is 407m high and is the highest eminence in the coastal zone south and east of Bantry Bay. A roadway serving the radar installations on the summit is open to the public. From the peak of Mt. Gabriel, there are views South over Schull Harbour and Long Island Bay. To the east and southeast, the views take in Roaring Water Bay and its many islands, popularly known as Carbery's Hundred Isles. North and West is a view of the mountains of the Beara Peninsula and South Kerry. The Fastnet Rock is situated approximately 18 km to the South, and is visible in fine weather.
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  • 11. St. Brendan's Church Bantry
    Saint Brendan of Clonfert , also referred to as Brendan moccu Altae, called the Navigator, the Voyager, the Anchorite, and the Bold, is one of the early Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is primarily renowned for his legendary quest to the Isle of the Blessed, also denominated Saint Brendan's Island. The Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis can be described as an immram, i. e., Irish navigational narrative. Saint Brendan's feast day is celebrated on 16 May by the Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Orthodox Christians.
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  • 13. Baltimore Beacon Baltimore
    The Baltimore Beacon is a white-painted stone beacon at the entrance to the harbour at Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland. The beacon was built at the order of the British government following the 1798 Rebellion. It was part of a series of lighthouses and beacons dotted around the Irish coast, forming a warning system. The beacon is locally known as Lot's Wife, after the Biblical woman turned into a pillar of salt.
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  • 14. Labbacallee Wedge Tomb Fermoy
    Labbacallee wedge tomb is a large pre-historic burial monument, located 8 km north-west of Fermoy and 2 km south-east of Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland. It is the largest Irish wedge tomb and dates from roughly 2300 BC.
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