Cork Trip Overview
This magical walking audio tour will take you strolling along popular St Patrick’s Street, the enchanting English Market echoing with the sound of the bell of St. Anne’s Church.
Perfectly suited for discovery on foot, our self-guided audio tour allows you to set the pace and explore at your leisure as you uncover the stories of this exciting city.
Learn about the history of Cork, from its foundation on the River Lee and Saint Fin Barre’s establishment of a monastery, to Viking dominance, Norman rule, the War of the Roses, the Protestant Reformation and the Irish War of Independence.
To discover this fabulous city in your own time and at your own pace just download this self-guided audio tour, pop in your headphones, open the map that comes with your download and start walking.
The tour will take approximately two hours, but you can pause the audio guide when needed. Grab a bite to eat or do some shopping along the way.
Please note that this tour is only available in English.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 to 3 hours
Starts: Cork, Ireland
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Audio Guided Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cork, County Cork, Ireland
This magical walking audio tour will take you strolling along popular St Patrick’s Street, the enchanting English Market echoing with the sound of the bell of St. Anne’s Church.
Perfectly suited for discovery on foot, our self-guided audio tour allows you to set the pace and explore at your leisure as you uncover the stories of this exciting city.
Learn about the history of Cork, from its foundation on the River Lee and Saint Fin Barre’s establishment of a monastery, to Viking dominance, Norman rule, the War of the Roses, the Protestant Reformation and the Irish War of Independence.
To discover this fabulous city in your own time and at your own pace just download this self-guided audio tour, pop in your headphones, open the map that comes with your download and start walking.
The tour will take approximately two hours, but you can pause the audio guide when needed. Grab a bite to eat or do some shopping along the way.
Please note that this tour is only available in English.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: The English Market, 41 Princes Street, Cork T12 RW26 Ireland
There has been a market on this site since 1788 and its official name is the Princes Street
Market.
The reclaiming of marshy lands strongly influenced the development of the market. The
channels in between were in
–
filled to form many of today’s st
reets such as St Patrick’s, Grand Parade
and Princes Street, proving ideal in forming the market.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: St Patrick Street, Cork Ireland
The street once formed a curving part of the River Lee and was initially turned into a canal, alongside
which quays and sh
ops sprang, until, in 1780, it was completely filled in to form the street it is today.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Butter Museum, Shandon, Cork Ireland
The Cork Butter Museum is located in the building that used to house the Cork Butter
Market.Opened in 1770, it became the largest butter exc
hange in the world and traded for 150
years, exporting Cork butter worldwide and bringing great wealth to the city.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: St. Anne’s Church, 2 Church Street Shandon, Cork T23 YN88 Ireland
In the Shandon district of the city, is one of Cork’s most famous landmarks, the pepper pot like steeple of
St. Anne’s Church, which at a massive 170 feet has continued to dominate Cork’s skyline since 1722.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Dean St, Cork Ireland
St Fin Barre is the legendary Patron Saint of Cork, who arrived in the seventh century and built the
monastic set
tlement at the mouth of the River Lee, which became an important portal from county
to city.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Elizabeth Fort 1 Barrack Street, Cork T12 C8A0 Ireland
Elizabeth Fort was built in 1601, following Queen Elizabeth I’s order for five star
–
shaped forts to be
built outside the
defence walls to protect the coastal towns of Ireland.
Duration: 15 minutes
