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The Wedding Journal Show |  Mill Street
Jan 2010 (annual)
Cork's annual Wedding Journal Show returns to Mill Street, showcasing everything from dress style to tips on what colour eye-shadow to wear as you walk down the aisle. |
Lee Delta Blues Festival |  Corner House
Jun 2010 (annual)
The Lee Delta Blues Club presents blues festival at Cork's Corner House pub. Past performers have come from the United States and Australia, as well as the UK and Ireland, playing electric blues guitar to down home gutbucket blues. |
Guinness Cork Jazz Festival |  Cork
Oct 2010 (annual)
Ireland's largest jazz event, the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival presents a broad and impressive line-up each year. Performances take place at venues around the city including the Everyman Palace Theatre and the Savoy. |
Church of St Anne Shandon |  Church of St Anne Shandon
Daily; not Sun
Built in the 1720s, the Church of St Anne Shandon's pepper-pot steeple is Cork's most striking landmark. Its mix of red sandstone and yellow limestone were the inspiration for Cork's sporting colours. |
Cork City Gaol |  Cork City Gaol
Daily
The 19th-century Cork City Gaol housed prisoners in wretched conditions - from pre-famine times to the foundation of the State. Venture inside its castle-like structure, where the cells are furnished with life-size figures, sound effects and fascinating exhibitions. |
Cork Butter Museum |  Cork Butter Museum
Daily
Once home to a vast butter industry, Cork's former Exchange houses the Butter Museum, which tells the fascinating story of Ireland's most successful food industry. The building is also home to the Shandon Craft Centre and the Firkin Crane Centre. |
Cork Public Museum |  Cork Public Museum
Daily; not Sat
Cork Public Museum occupies a magnificent Georgian building in Fitzgerald Park on the western edge of the city. The collections cover the history of the city and surrounding area from the Mesolithic period onwards, with particular emphasis on Civic Regalia and the trades and crafts of the 19th and 20th centuries. Of special significance are the very fine collections of Cork Silver, Cork Glass and Youghal Needlepoint Lace. |
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral |  Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral
Daily
Nineteenth-century Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral stands exactly where Cork's patron saint established the city's first church around 600AD. The French Gothic-style steeples are the dominant landmark of the city's south side, and its ornate interior boasts beautiful mosaic work. |
English Market |  English Market
Daily; not Sun
The name might refer to England's long rule over Ireland, but the English Market is a place to explore Irish culinary tradition. Expect everything from hot buttered eggs and drisheen (sheep intestine blood sausage) to corned beef and Irish stew. |
Lewis Glucksman Gallery |  Lewis Glucksman Gallery
Daily; not Mon
The Lewis Glucksman Gallery is a graceful concrete and glass building surrounded by greenery and water in the grounds of University College. The gallery is a bright, airy platform for temporary exhibitions, often featuring work from the University's own collection. |
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