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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 ...
In 1822, the garden was described (in Power's 1845 Botanist's guide to the County of Cork) as having approximately six acres and a glasshouse in a walled enclosure of 1-acre (4,000 m 2). Drummond was a field botanist who spent time in Cork and later in Western Australia.
Kingsford was a separate manor from the rest of Wolverley, and was formerly in the hundred of Halfshire, whereas the rest of the parish was in Oswaldslow. Adjacent to Kingsford is Kingsford Country Park. [1] The park comprises 200 acres (81 ha) and has many woodland and forest walks named after woodland birds such as the Robin Trail, Nuthatch ...
[10] [11] The earliest surviving minute book dates back to 1886, detailing the organisation of the summer show at the Corn Exchange, in Cork city. [12] Through the affiliated Cork Institute, the society produced the Munster Farmer magazine during the early 1800s. [13] Records of the society from 1809 to 1843 are stored in the Cork City and ...
The Hidden Gardens of Ireland, Marianne Heron, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1993 ISBN 0-7171-2029-5 O'Brien Guide to Irish Gardens , Shirley lanigan, O'Brien press, Dublin, 2001 ISBN 0-86278-632-0 The Gardens of Ireland , Jack Whaley, Poolbeg Press Limited, Dublin, 1990 ISBN 1-85371-073-3
A garden centre (Commonwealth English spelling; U.S. nursery or garden center) is a retail operation that sells plants and related products for the domestic garden as its primary business. It is a development from the concept of the retail plant nursery but with a wider range of outdoor products and on-site facilities.
Ballinora or Ballynora (Irish: Baile an Óraigh or Baile Nóra) [1] is a small rural parish and townland near Cork city and Ballincollig in County Cork, Ireland. [2] The townland, which lies in the civil parish of Kilnaglory, [3] [4] is home to several education facilities and sporting clubs.
The National Rowing Center was moved to Inniscarra – approximately 12 km outside the city centre – in 2007. [128] Cork's maritime sailing heritage is maintained through its sailing clubs. The Royal Cork Yacht Club located in Crosshaven (outside the city) is the world's oldest yacht club, and "Cork Week" is a notable sailing event. [129]