The county County Cork located in South West Ireland in the republic Ireland.
Location of County Cork in Ireland (dark green)
Regions and places
Cork is the largest county in the Republic of Ireland. In terms of population, it comes second after Dublin region.
North Cork
Own city administrations have:
Significant small towns are:
- Newmarket in the northwest, 50 km from Cork
- Charleville to the north halfway between Cork and Limerick
- Mitchelstown in the northeast, 22 km from Cahir
- Millstreet to the west, 40 km from Killarney.
West Cork
Own city administrations have:
- Bantry, at the east end of the bay Bantry Bay, within sight of Whiddy Island
- Skibbereen at the Southwest corner Ireland, not far from Sherkin Island and Clear Island
- Clonakilty at the South coast.
Places worth seeing for tourists:
- Baltimore is a small place with a harbor. It is one of the southernmost places in Ireland and is located southwest of Skibbereen.
- Castletownbere on the peninsula Beara on the north side of Bantry Bay.
- Glengarriff on the peninsula Beara on the north side of Bantry Bay.
- Allihies is a small, colorful village on the Ring of Beara, and the cable car to Dursey Island is nearby (12 km). The is also recommended Healy Passconnecting the towns of Lauragh in the north and Adrigole in the south of the peninsula (R574).
Landscapes:
- The peninsula lies north of Bantry Bay Beara (a part belongs to the County Kerry).
- Just south of Bantry Bay is the Dunmanus Peninsula.
- South of the Dunmanus Peninsula is the Mizen peninsula.
- East of the city of Bantry are the Gougane Barra Forest Park, the Shehy Mountains and the locality Dunmanway.
South Cork
- Southeast Cork with the medium-sized towns Midleton and Youghal
- Cobh and the Great Island
- The town Cork
- Cork Airport and Ferry Terminal
- Central Cork with the localities Bandon, Kinsale, Macroom and the Nagle Mountains.
- The coast south of Kinsale with the Old Head (don't be put off by the golf club) and Garrettstown Beach.
Other goals
- Derrynasaggart Mountains with the mountain Mullaghanish (694 m)
- Boggeragh Mountains with the Musheramore mountain (644 m)
- Mullaghareirk Mountains
- Kenmare at the east end of Kenmare Bay, County Kerry
background
language
English and Irish
Arrival / mobility
Ferry ports
- The next ferry port is in Cork, with direct connections from the Brittany (Roscoff).
- A wider range of connections is available in Rosslare Europort.
Pleasure boats
It is also possible to arrive with your own seaworthy sport boats.
Airports
Cork has an airport with good connections, among other things from Central Europe.
By train
- Mallow is a major rail hub with direct connections to Cobh via Cork, Kerry County Airport via Tralee and Dublin via Limerick Junction (Tipperary).
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
- Kinsale Gourmet Festival, in Kinsale. During the festival, culinary delicacies are presented for three days.
