tourist attractions around cork city centre

With a special emphasis on history & culture, 19th Century crime, punishment and social history, a trip to Cork City Gaol is a must!

Go back in time and trace the life of a suffering prisoner. The impressive audio system allows you to hear the shuffling of prisoner’s feet, the coughs of the sick inmates and you can also examine the life like characters that fill the prison’s cells.

For the architect among you, the Gaol's layout is intriguing! The wo...

Founded in 1792 by William Beamish, the Beamish & Crawford Brewery is well worth a visit. It's main product is of course Beamish. The Brewery holds tours twice a week. It's only for people over 18 as you get to sample some of the produce afterwards.

Tours must be pre-booked by telephoning the brewery....

Looking for fresh locally sourced produce for your stay in Cork? You need go no further than the English Market!
Located in the centre of Cork city you can access it from a number of streets including; Grande Parade, Patrick Street, Princes Street and Oliver Plunkett Street.

The English Market is definatley a place you won't want to miss while in Cork city. Take the time to walk around and browse through the stalls which have the freshest of local foods and ingredients on...

St. Annes church and steeple, built in 1722, reaches 37m high into the Cork skyline and is a much loved local landmark and tourist attraction. Its famous chime of 8 bells made by Rudal of Gloucester together weigh over 6 tonnes. Its walls are 7ft thick and have both a sandstone and limestone facing, from which Cork takes its colours red and white. The clock made by Mangans of Cork, is affectionately known as a four faced liar, since the east and west facings tell slightly different times. The pa...

The Cork Butter Museum celebrates the success of the Butter Trade which was once so imminent in this part of Ireland.  It's no suprise that due to the important role of dairy faming in Ireland that the art of butter making became so popular.

Tour the museum and see the equipment which was used to make the butter. Find out how the butter was preserved and how it was sold and how the Cork Butter Exchange eventually became one of the largest butter markets in the world.