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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Cork

9 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Cork, Ireland

Updated January 29, 2025

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Entrance to the Cork Butter Museum

Cork, Ireland

The Butter Museum

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.
Kindred Spirits sculpture.

Cork, Ireland

'Kindred Spirits' Sculpture

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.
Kilcoe Castle

Cork, Ireland

Kilcoe Castle

A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.
Baltimore Beacon.

Cork, Ireland

Baltimore Beacon

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.
Plaque on George Boole house

Cork, Ireland

Boole House

An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.
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Cork, Ireland

Cork City Gaol

This 19th-century prison once held Irish revolutionary Constance Markievicz, writer Frank O’Connor, and a nine-year-old pickpocket.
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The Four-Faced Liar

On the clock tower at St. Anne's Church in Cork, you never know which face is telling the truth.
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Cork, Ireland

Ireland's Oldest Postbox

Inside Cork's Kent station stands its country's longest-serving postbox.
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Entrance to the Cork Butter Museum

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The Butter Museum

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.
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