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In the 19th century, the western part of the Mardyke was a large open area called Cork Park. [8] In the early 20th century, the then Lord Mayor of Cork Edward Fitzgerald, proposed that a large public exhibition be held in Cork Park. [9] Forty-four acres of Mardyke parkland were hence set aside as the site of the 1902 Cork International ...
11 April 1972: An IRA volunteer fired a Thompson sub-machine gun at a passing British army patrol at the junction of Eastway and Lone Moor Road. The patrol returned fire. No injuries were reported. [70] 13 April 1972: The IRA detonated a car-bomb on Main Street, Ballymoney, County Antrim. Despite a warning to evacuate the area, a Protestant ...
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]
Contents Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z This is a list of towns and villages in County Cork, Ireland. A Adrigole Aghabullogue Aghada Ahakista ...
The Elysian is a mixed-use Celtic Tiger-era building at Eglinton Street in Cork, Ireland. [5] Construction of the building was completed in early September 2008. [6] When built it was the tallest building in the Republic of Ireland. It was overtaken by Capital Dock in the Dublin Docklands in 2018. It now stands as the third tallest building in ...
Q Park entrance Carroll's Quay Cork City. Q-Park is an operator of parking garages in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. [2] Q-Park is the number two on the European parking market. [3] In total Q-Park controls 800,000 parking spaces on more than 3,500 [4] locations.
The County Hall (Irish: Halla an Chontae, Corcaigh) is a 17-storey office block, owned by Cork County Council and housing its administrative headquarters. The building is located on Carrigrohane Road in the City of Cork. Although the building is owned by Cork County Council, it is located in a separate administrative area from the County - Cork ...
The largest of Passage's industries were the two dockyards. Hennessy's yard was situated in what is now Fr O'Flynn Park. In 1815 this yard was involved in launching the City of Cork, the first steamship built in Ireland. [4] The other and bigger dockyard was the Royal Victoria Dockyard, which was laid down in 1832 and cost £150,000 to build ...