Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Cork, Ireland

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 4.2 km
Ascend 95 m
Descend 46 m

Explore Cork in Ireland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in CorkIndividual Sights in Cork

Sight 1: Holy Trinity

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Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity Church, also known as Father Mathew Memorial Church, is a Roman Catholic Gothic Revival church and friary on Fr. Mathew Quay, on the bank of the River Lee in Cork. It belongs to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and is the only church dedicated to Father Theobald Mathew.

Wikipedia: Holy Trinity Church, Cork (EN)

466 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Huguenot Graveyard

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Huguenot Cemetery was created between 1710 and 1733 as a cemetery for the Huguenot inhabitants in the city of Cork. It is believed to be one of the last two surviving Huguenot graveyards in western Europe.

Wikipedia: Huguenot Cemetery, Cork (EN)

51 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Saints Peter and Paul's

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Saints Peter and Paul's Church is a Catholic church located on Carey's Lane in Cork City, Ireland.

Wikipedia: Saints Peter and Paul's Church, Cork (EN)

431 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Bishop Lucey Park

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Bishop Lucey Park, sometimes known locally as the "People's Park", is a public park located between Grand Parade and South Main Street in the centre of Cork in Ireland. It is one of few green spaces in the city centre and among the most widely used. The park was closed for redevelopment from December 2023.

Wikipedia: Bishop Lucey Park (EN)

1131 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 5: Glucksman Gallery

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Glucksman Gallery Lewis Glucksman Gallery / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Glucksman, formerly known as the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, is an art museum in University College Cork, Ireland.

Wikipedia: Lewis Glucksman Gallery (EN)

362 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Crawford Observatory

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The Crawford Observatory is a 19th-century observatory located on the campus of University College Cork, Ireland. Built in 1878, the observatory contains three instruments; a Thomas Grubb equatorial telescope, a transit telescope and a siderostatic telescope. The construction of the observatory and the purchase of telescopes was funded in part by a £1,000 donation from William Crawford, of the Beamish and Crawford brewing company.

Wikipedia: Crawford Observatory (EN)

753 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 7: Cork Public Museum

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Cork Public Museum is a city museum in Cork, Ireland. Housed in a mid-19th century building within Fitzgerald Park in the Mardyke area of the city, the museum's exhibits focus mainly on the history and archaeology of the Cork area.

Wikipedia: Cork Public Museum (EN)

1004 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 8: Cork City Gaol

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Cork City Gaol is a former prison, now a museum, located in Cork City, Ireland.

Wikipedia: Cork City Gaol (EN), Website

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