Cork, Ireland

By: Hannah Hall

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Location

~Second largest city in Ireland and the island of Ireland’s third most populous city.~Southern part if Ireland

More Location

• Cork is off the northwest coast of Europe.

Place

The climate is mild and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes.

More PlaceRIVERS:

River Lee-Cork is built on it which divides into two channels at the western end.

River Foyle-Forms the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. These are only two, but there are a lot more

Buildings, structures, landmarks

CATHEDRALS:

St. Mary’s Cathedral-often referred to as the North Cathedral

St. Finbarre’s- more popular, Protestant

St. Finbarre’s St. Mary’s

More landmarks

St. Patrick’s street-main street of the city, main shopping street. The street is curved because it was originally built over River Lee and Lee is curved.

Church Tower of ShandonIt is a church located in Shandon in Cork.The tower is 120ft tall and the glass windows are 7ft thick.There is a famous clock on the top, known as the Four Faced Liar because there are four different faces on it.

This is the view you get from the top.

Picture of the Church tower of Shandon

The clock—there are 2 more sides to the clock on the other sides of the building

Aghada Power Station

Over view

One area of the station

Cork City County Hall

• Cork City County Hall-17 story office block owned by Cork City Council

The Elysian

• Mixed used Celtic tiger-era building at Ellington Street in Cork City, Ireland

Movement

Cork Airport: One of Ireland’s main airports and is a gateway to South and North Ireland.

BusesBus service is provided by the national bus operator-Bus Eireann.

Ferry

Ferry in Cork

Ferry routes

Railroad

Train in Cork

Train routes

CarTraveling by car is another way of transportation

They have car sharing scheme which is operated by Mendes GoCar.

Jack Lynch Tunnel

The tunnel crosses the River LeeIt is named after a native of Cork, Jack Lynch

Cars entering and coming out of the tunnel

Cars going through the tunnel

Road N25

• The section of the road around Cork city forms the Southern Ring Road dual-carriageway.

• It is the national primary road in Ireland and it runs mostly through Cork.

Work Citied

• http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/cork-(city)wikipedia

• Google

• Google images

• Wikipedia