General
information about
County Cork
Cork is the largest County
in Ireland. Cork's 640 kilometres of coastline has
many clean beaches, steep cliffs, making this
County a maritime area. Cork is one of the
principal ports of Ireland (it connects Ireland to
France (Roscoff, Le Havre) and the United Kingdom
(Swansea)) and it always has been since it was also
the starting point of many steamers for America
until the Sixties. It is also from here 3 million
Irishmen emigrated in the 19th century to the "new
world". This port was a factor of economic and
commercial development for all Ireland.
The climate is largely
inspired by the ocean: soft... wet and windy, very
invigorating!
The festivals are another
great attraction and throughout the summer there is
an event each weekend. Cork has many attractions
artistic, cultural and patriotic to offer to its
visitors. There are numerous water sports and of
course clean beaches with several Blue Flag
awards.
You can also go sea
angling, scuba diving, rent canoes and enjoy golf
in spectacular landscapes with tariffs which are
considered very reasonable. Walking remains the
best means of appreciating the astounding landscape
of Cork.
Area
7 459 km2 (the
biggest!)
Population
400 000 inhabitants (CSO:
Central Statistics Office)
Principal
city
Cork (120 000
inhabitants)
Province
Munster
County Cork
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