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The Crawford is based in the centre of Cork in what used to be the Cork Customs House, built in 1724. [7] [8] The Customs House became home to the Royal Cork Institution (RCI) in the 1830s, [9] and the RCI was involved in opening the Cork School of Design on the site in 1850. [10] The gallery building in 1902, then the Crawford School of Art
The park is approximately 12 acres in size and contains a pond, the Cork Public Museum, sculpture trail, bandstand, a café and a large children's play area. [5] [6] The area of the park is joined to Sunday's Well across the River Lee by Daly's bridge (a pedestrian suspension bridge known locally as the "Shakey Bridge").
Cork. Cork City, third largest city in all of Ireland and second city of the Republic of Ireland. Blarney, including Blarney Castle the home of the Blarney Stone [2] Church of St Anne (Shandon) [citation needed] Crawford Art Gallery [2] English Market [5] University College Cork campus; Doneraile Park [2] Fota Wildlife Park [2] Kinsale
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Cork (city)" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Lorraine Monk (1922–2020), photographer, helped establish the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Order of Canada for contributions to photography; Geraldine Moodie (1854–1945), pioneering photographer, images include the Innu people around Hudson Bay; Julie Moos (born 1966), art photography; Alexandra Morrison, photographer
The town is a tourism hub in West Cork, and was recognised as the "Best Town in Europe" in 2017, and "Best Place of the Year" in 2017 by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. [7] [8] Clonakilty is in the Dáil constituency of Cork South-West, which has three seats.
Fota (statutory spelling Foaty; Irish: Fóite) [1] [2] is an island in Cork Harbour, County Cork, Ireland, just north of the larger island of Great Island.It is the home of Fota Wildlife Park—the only such zoo or animal park (besides Dublin Zoo) in the country—, the historical Fota House and Gardens, and the Fota Island Golf Club and Resort.
Elizabeth Fort is a 17th-century star fort off Barrack Street in Cork, Ireland. [2] Originally built as a defensive fortification on high-ground outside the city walls, the city eventually grew around the fort, and it took on various other roles – including use as a military barracks, prison, and police station. [3]