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Cork (city)

Cork (Irish: Corcaigh [ˈkɔɾˠkəɟ], from corcach, meaning 'marsh')[6] is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland, third largest on the island of Ireland, the county town of County Cork and largest city in the province of Munster. At the 2022 census, it had a population of 224,004.[5]

Cork
Corcaigh

Ireland

6th century AD

1185 AD

Kieran McCarthy (Ind)

  • Cork City North West
  • Cork City North East
  • Cork City South Central
  • Cork City South East
  • Cork City South West

187 km2 (72 sq mi)

174 km2 (67 sq mi)

820 km2 (320 sq mi)

224,004

1,188/km2 (3,080/sq mi)

305,222[4]

Corkonian or Leesider

T12 and T23

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The city centre is an island between two channels of the River Lee which meet downstream at its eastern end, where the quays and docks along the river lead outwards towards Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour, one of the largest natural harbours in the world.[7][8]


Originally founded in the 6th century as a monastic settlement, Cork was expanded by Viking invaders around 915. Its charter was granted by Prince John in 1185. Cork city was once fully walled, and the remnants of the old medieval town centre can be found around South and North Main streets. The city's cognomen of "the rebel city" originates in its support for the Yorkist cause in the Wars of the Roses.[9] Corkonians sometimes refer to the city as "the real capital",[10] a reference to its opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty in the Irish Civil War.[11]

Merchants, Mystics and Philanthropists – 350 Years of Cork Quakers Richard S. Harrison Published by Cork Monthly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends () 2006 ISBN 978-0-9539542-1-6

Quakers

Atlas of Cork City, edited by John Crowley, Robert Devoy, Denis Linehan and Patrick O'Flanagan. Illustrated by Michael Murphy. Cork University Press, 2005,  1-85918-380-8.

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Henry, Jefferies. A New History of Cork. History Press Ireland, 2010,  978-1-84588-984-5.

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McAvoy, Mark. Cork Rock: From Rory Gallagher To The Sultans Of Ping. Mercier Press (2009)  978-1-85635-655-8.

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Where Bridges Stand: the River Lee bridges of Cork City, Antóin O'Callaghan. History Press Ireland, 2012,  978-1-84588-746-9.

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Cork City Through Time, Kieran McCarthy & Daniel Breen. Stroud : Amberley, 2012,  978-1-4456-1142-6.

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Cork City Council site

Architecture of Cork

. Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 158–160.

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