County Cork Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
county in Ireland
About County Cork
County Cork (Contae Chorcaí) on the south coast of Ireland is the Republic's largest county by area, and in 2016 had a population of 542,000, concentrated around the city of Cork and its large natural harbour. Most of the area is lowland and fertile, along the valleys of the rivers Bandon, Lee (flowing through Cork) and Blackwater (the boundary with County Waterford). This attracted settlers from elsewhere, notably the Vikings, Anglo-Normans and Tudors, using the many small harbours and tidal channels. The county became dotted with early Christian monasteries, stone turrets and other fortifications. The incomers came into conflict with the ancient Kingdom ofDeas Mumhanor South Munster, anglicised as "Desmond" - not until 1601 was this broken. The southwest of the county by contrast is poor
County Cork Travel Guide Sections
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