County Cork

County Cork (Corcaigh in Irish) is the most southwestern and largest of the modern counties of Ireland. Area: 7454 km² (2878 square miles). Population (census 2002): 448,181 (including the 123,338 inhabitants of Cork City. Its attractions include the Blarney Stone and Cobh, formerly Queenstown, the port where many Irish emigrants boarded for their voyage to the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or South Africa.

The remote west of the county is a popular destination for tourists, who visit the small villages and islands including Sherkin Island, Clear Island and Dursey Island.

Towns and Villages

• Allihies
• Ballycotton
• Ballylickey
• Ballinhassig
• Ballydehob
• Ballygarvan
• Baltimore
• Bandon
• Bantry
• Barleycove
• Blarney
• Buttevant
• Carrigaline
• Castletownbere
• Castletownshend
• Castlemartyr
• Charleville
• Clonakilty
• Cloyne
• Cobh
• Cork
• Courtmacsherry
• Crosshaven
• Dunmanway
• Fermoy
• Glandore
• Glengarriff
• Glounthaune
• Goleen
• Gougane
• Kanturk
• Kinsale
• Leap
• Macroom
• Mallow
• Midleton
• Millstreet
• Mitchelstown
• Mizen Head
• Monkstown
• Oysterhaven
• Ringaskiddy
• Rosscarbery
• Schull
• Shanagarry
• Sheep's Head
• Skibbereen
• Timoleague
• Union Hall
• Youghal