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Things to see in Cork

Tourist information: 

The Cork Tourist Information Office
Grand Parade
Tel: (021) 425 5100.
www.corkkerry.ie

The centre offers an approved and registered accommodation booking service, bureau de change facilities, ticket booking services, guide books for sale, help with itinerary and route planning, multilingual facilities, information about events in the area, local craft display and sale of souvenirs.

Blarney Castle

Blarney Castle in Blarney, a village 8km (5 miles) to the northwest of Cork, is among Ireland's oldest castles. It is famous for its stone, the Stone of Eloquence, which is traditionally believed to have the power to bestow the gift of eloquence on all those who kiss it.

Disabled Access: No
Unesco: No
Address: Blarney, County Cork, Ireland
Telephone: (021) 438 5252.
Website: http://www.blarneycastle.ie
Cork City Gaol

The gaol is a castle-like building showing vividly what life must have been like for those unfortunate enough to have been imprisoned here from 1824 to 1923. The building also houses an interesting radio museum.

Disabled Access: No
Unesco: No
Address: Convent Avenue, Cork, Ireland
Telephone: (021) 430 5022.
Website: http://www.corkcitygaol.com
Cork Vision Centre

The Cork Vision Centre provides a richly informative introduction to Cork's geography and history and includes a detailed 1:500-scale model of the city. The centre offers visitors the chance to explore Cork's evolution from past, through present, and onwards to future development.

Disabled Access: No
Unesco: No
Address: St Peter's, Cork, Ireland
Telephone: (021) 427 9925.
Website: http://www.corkvisioncentre.com
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery

Located beside the Opera House in the heart of the city, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery has a permanent collection comprising over 2,000 art works, ranging from 18th-century Irish and European painting and sculpture, through to contemporary video installations. At the heart of the collection is a number of Greek and Roman sculpture casts, brought to Cork in 1818 from the Vatican Museum in Rome.

Disabled Access: No
Unesco: No
Address: Emmet Place, Cork, Ireland
Telephone: (021) 490 7855.
Website: http://www.crawfordartgallery.ie
St Anne's Church

St Anne's Church is one of Cork's true landmarks. Built in 1722 on a hill above the city, it offers visitors the chance to scale the stairs inside the steeple walls to a parapet that has 360-degree views of the city. Moreover, it is possible to play the church's eight bells with the assistance of sheet tune cards.

Disabled Access: No
Unesco: No
Address: Church Street, Cork, Ireland
Telephone: (021) 450 5906.
Website: http://www.shandonbells.org
The Cork Butter Museum

This museum on O'Connell Square celebrates one of the great Irish success stories, the butter trade, which was central to Cork's prosperity from the late 18th century onwards. Cork was at one point the largest butter market in the world.

Disabled Access: No
Unesco: No
Address: O'Connell Square, Cork, Ireland
Telephone: (021) 430 0600.
Website: http://www.corkbutter.museum
The English Market

The covered English Market is one of Cork's greatest assets, with a wonderful, lively atmosphere and an array of meat outlets, fruit and vegetable shops, fishmongers, Italian and French cheese stalls, fresh bread stands and much more.

Disabled Access: No
Unesco: No
Address: Entrances on Princes Street, Cork, Ireland
Telephone: (021) 425 5100.

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