Cork: Quick Facts

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Nov. 11, 2026

News •

First Barbados ambassador to Ireland makes official visit to Cobh Heritage Centre • Nov. 5, 2026, 3:30 PM ET (Irish Times)

‘I did notice Americans looking at property ... They were Trumpugees’: West Cork tourist village in off-season • Oct. 28, 2026, 2:25 AM ET (Irish Times)

Investigation launched after male body found in County Cork • Oct. 15, 2026, 12:22 PM ET (BBC)

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Muntervary peninsula

Row of brightly painted houses in yellow, pink, green, blue, and purple along a quiet street in Eyeries Village, Beara peninsula, County Cork, Ireland.

Beare Peninsula

Barryscourt Castle

River Blackwater

Learn about the archaeological excavations of a 19th-century prison site on Spike Island, with a focus on the daily lives of ordinary convicts

Study the effect of climate change on the breeding behavior of Eurasian dipper through a banding technique used by an ornithologist in Ireland

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