Cork

Introduction

Cork is the second largest city in Ireland (after Dublin of course) and is located in county Cork in the southwestern coastal area of the country. It has about 125,000 people living in the city proper but around 400,000 in the greater metropolitan area.

Neighbourhoods

Sights and Activities

• St. Mary's Cathedral
• St. Finbarr's Cathedral
• Cork City Hall
• Cork Opera House

Events and Festivals

• Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is Ireland's famous national holiday, celebrating one of Ireland's patron saints, Saint Patrick.

Weather

Like much of Ireland, you don't come to Cork for the brilliant weather. Still, it's not as bad as you might think. Average daytime temperatures in summer (June - August) are around 19 degrees Celsius and nights are just above 10 degrees. Winters (December to February) are around 8 degrees during the day and still above zero at night. Absolute records are 28.7 en -8.6 degrees Celsius. Precipitation is possible in all months, though the spring and summer months are somewhat drier compared to autumn and winter.

Getting There

By Plane

Cork Airport (ORK) has quite a few flights with Aer Lingus to European cities, including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Rome, London and Lisbon. Aer Arann has flights to several destinations in the UK and several smaller airlines serve a few destinations throughout the UK and Ireland as well, including Manchester, Birmingham and Dublin. Wizzair flies to Warsaw, Poznan, Gdansk and Katowice in Poland.
During the summermonths, charter airlines fly to more destiantions in southern Europe.

By Train

Trains go to Dublin, Killarney, Tralee and a number of other destinations. It's usually not much faster than buses though.

By Car

By Bus

Bus Eireann offers regular bus services throughout the country, including buses to Dublin, Killarney, Waterford, Kilkenny, Galway and Limerick. Buses usually go multiple times a day, almost hourly within the region.
Eurolines has buses from Cork via Bristol to London.

By Boat

Brittany Ferries has regular ferries between Cork and Roscoff in France.

Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

City routes are numbered 1 to 19 and connect the city centre to the suburbs, colleges, shopping centres and places of interest.
the Cork Suburban Rail System provides connections to parts of Metropolitan Cork, including Little Island, Mallow, Midleton, Fota, and Cobh.

By Foot

By Bike

Eat

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Sleep

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Work

Learn

Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Postal services for domestic and international mail are available at the local post office. An Post is the national postal service provider. They're generally open Monday to Friday, between 9:00am to 5:30pm or 6:00pm, and smaller post offices would also impose lunch-time closure. Half-day service is available on Saturday, from 9:00am to 1:00pm.