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178  IRELAND REGION B Y REGION

g Cork

Cork city derives its name from the marshy land on the banks
of the River Lee – its Irish name Corcaigh means marsh –
on which St Finbarr founded a monastery around AD 650.
The narrow alleys, waterways and Georgian architec ture give
the city a Continental feel. Since the 19th century, when
Cork was a base for the National Fenian movement (see p47),
the city has had a reputation for political rebelliousness.
Today this mood is reflected in the city’s attitude to the arts
and its bohemian spirit, much in evidence at the lively
October jazz festival.

R St Anne’s Shandon exported to the rest of the
Church St. Tel 021 450 5906. world. By 1892 it was exporting
Open daily. Closed 2 weeks at around 500,000 casks of butter a
Christmas. & 7 limited. year. The exchange shut in 1924.
∑ shandonbells.ie Next door is the Shandon Craft LIMERICK,
MALLOW,
This famous Cork landmark Centre where visitors can watch St Mary's BLARNEY
stands on the hilly slopes of craft workers, such as crystal Pro-Cathedral N20
the city, north of the River Lee. cutters and weavers, at work. Clock tower and weather vane of Cork Butter
Built in 1722, the church has a St Anne’s Shandon Museum
façade made of limestone on E Crawford Art Gallery St Anne's LEITRIM ST
two sides, and of red sand stone Emmet Place. Tel 021 480 5042. Shandon ST PATRICK'S HILL
on the other two. The steeple Open 10am–5pm Mon–Sat (to 8pm S H A NDO N ST Firkin J REDMOND ST
Crane
is topped by a weather vane in Thu). Closed public hols. 7 0 B LARNE Y STREET Theatre DOMINICK ST COBURG ST WELLINGTON ROAD St Patrick's Cork Kent
Station
the shape of a salmon. The - = ∑ crawfordartgallery.ie Griffith St Mary's MACCUR TAI N ST LWR GLANMIRE RD
clock face is known by the locals The red-brick and NORT H MALL Bridge POPE'S QUAY Dominican Church
CAMDEN QUAY
as the “four-faced liar” because, limestone building that SUNDAY’S WELL RD COAL QUAY Christy Ring St Patrick's
ST PATRICK'S QUAY
Bridge
up until 1986 when it was houses Cork’s major art Cork Vision Opera Bridge North Channel PENROSE QUAY
Brian Boru
repaired, each face showed gallery dates back to Cork Exhibition Crawford House Father Bridge
City Gaol
Centre
MERC HANT'S QUAY
HEN RY STREET
slightly different times. Visitors 1724. Built as the city’s BACHE LOR’S Q UAY NORTH MAIN ST CORNMARKET Art Gallery EMMET Mathew ANDERSON'S QUAY Custom
Statue
can climb the tower and, for a original custom house, STREET CASTLE ST PAUL ST PLACE PARN E LL House
small fee, ring the famous it became a school of L e e GR ATTA N STRE ET CAREY'S LA FRENCH S T PATRICK’S ST MAYLOR ST S T R E E T
C h a n n e l
Shandon bells. design in 1850. In 1884, LAPPS QUAY
O L I V E R P L U N K E T T
CHURCH ST
AL BE R T Q UAY
a well-known art patron, Fitzgerald Park SH E ARES S T R E E T English PLACE Clontarf
Bridge
& Museum
P Cork Butter Museum William Horatio Crawford, Market COOK STREET Parnell
Bridge
O’Connell Square. Tel 021 430 0600. extended the building WASHINGTON S TREET Triskel A LB E R T S T
Open Mar–Oct: 10am–5pm daily (to to accommodate studios DY KE PA RAD E SOUTH MAIN ST Arts S O U T H M A L L S o u t h City
6pm Jul–Aug), Nov–Feb: 11am–3pm and sculpture and LANCAS TER QUAY Centre Holy M O RR IS ON’ S QU AY ANGELSEA ST Hall
GRAND PARADE
Sat & Sun. & ∑ corkbutter.museum picture galleries. Monument Trinity U AY UN ION QUAY
National
SOUTH CITY LINK RD
Church
This museum tells the story of The gallery houses KILLARNEY SHARMAN CRAW FORD ST SULLIVAN'S QUAY Parliament Ringaskiddy Ferry
15 km (9 miles)
Ireland’s most important food some fine examples L e e Bridge
GEOR G E' S Q
export and the world’s largest of late 19th- and P R O B Y 'S QU AY Elizabeth COVE STREET MARY ST
butter market. The exchange St Fin Barre's Cathedral Fort Red Abbey South
opened in 1770 and was GILL A B B E Y ST DE A N ST REET ABBEY STREET Chapel
where butter was
graded before 6 km (4 miles) EVERGREEN STREET
Cork Airport
it was Sights at a Glance
TOWER STREET
1 St Anne’s Shandon
2 Cork Butter Museum
3 St Mary’s Dominican Church
4 Crawford Art Gallery
5 Father Mathew Statue
6 English Market
7 National Monument
8 Parliament Bridge
9 Red Abbey
0 Elizabeth Fort
Detail of stained-glass window The Meeting of St Brendan and the Unhappy Judas (1911) q St Fin Barre Cathedral
by Harry Clarke, Crawford Art Gallery
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp298–9 and pp313–16
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