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Dance performances were held in the Firkin Crane in 2015 as part of Cork Culture Night. [23] In 2018, a documentary on the history of the Ford Factory in Cork was held in the building. [24] [25] It also hosted a play called Cosy, featuring an all-female cast as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival. [26] As of 2020, it hosted bursary awards.
Gurranabraher (Irish: Garrán na mBráthar, meaning 'grove of the brothers') [1] [2] is a residential suburb on the north western side of Cork City. Its bounds range from the North Cathedral to Bakers Road to Blarney Street. Gurranabraher is located in Cork North-Central Dáil Éireann constituency. [3]
Harvesting of cork from the forests of Algeria, 1930. Cork is a natural material used by humans for over 5,000 years. It is a material whose applications have been known since antiquity, especially in floating devices and as stopper for beverages, mainly wine, whose market, from the early twentieth century, had a massive expansion, particularly due to the development of several cork-based ...
Cork Harbour (Irish: Cuan Chorcaí) [2] is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland.It is one of several which lay claim to the title of "second largest natural harbour in the world by navigational area" (after Port Jackson, Sydney). [3]
While the pedestrianisation of Oliver Plunkett Street was suspended as part of the initial COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Ireland, this was reversed in May 2020. [11] In the same month it was announced that the temporary pedestrianisation of Pembroke Street would be examined. [12] By June 2020, the Reimagining Cork programme was launched.
Cork city and hinterland areas considered by the Review [7] Description Area (km 2) 2011 census City council local government area: 40: 119,230 Central Statistics Office census "city and suburbs" area: 165: 198,582 "Cork Metropolitan Area" in city council's submission to the Review: c.235,000 "Metropolitan Cork" for strategic regional planning ...
Quercus suber, commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris.It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the cores of cricket balls.
Daly's Bridge is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Lee in Cork, Ireland. Known locally as the Shakey Bridge, it joins Sunday's Well on the north side to Fitzgerald's Park in the Mardyke area on the south. [1] Completed in 1926 and opened in 1927, [2] it is the only suspension bridge in Cork City.