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COMHAIRLE CATHRACH CHORCAÍ
CORK CITY COUNCIL
Daunt’s Square........................... B3
Academy Street ......................... B2
Albert Quay............................... F3
Albert Street............................. G2
Alfred Street .............................. G1
Anderson’s Quay ........................ F2
Anderson’s Street ....................... F2
Anglesea Street .......................... F4
Baptist Church ........................... D1
Beasly Street ............................. E3
Bishop Lucey Park ....................... A3
Bowling Green Street ..................C2
Brian Boru Bridge ....................... F2
Brian Boru Street ........................ F1
Bridge Street ............................. D1
Camden Quay ............................ C1
Carey’s Lane .............................. B2
Caroline Street ......................... D2
Castle Street ............................. A3
Christy Ring Bridge ...................... C1
City Hall ................................... F4
City Library ................................A4
Clontarf Bridge .......................... F3
Clontarf Street ........................... F3
Coburg Street ........................... C1
Coliseum ................................... F1
College of Commerce ................ D4
Connell Street .......................... F3
Cook Street .............................. B3
Custom House Quay .................. G2
Custom House Street ................. G2
Eamon DeValera Bridge .............. G3
Eglinton Street ........................... F4
English Market, The ................... A3
Everyman Palace Theatre ...............E1
Former Cork Library ................... D3
Former Cork Savings Bank
building .................................... E3
Former Provincial Bank of Ireland
building .................................... E3
Fr Mathew Quay ........................ C4
Fr Mathew Street ....................... C4
Fr. Theobald Mathew Statue ........ D2
French Church Street .................. B2
General Post Office ................... D3
Grand Parade ............................ A3
Half Moon Street ....................... B2
Harbour Commissioners Offices ... G2
Holy Trinity Church .................... C4
Huguenot Quarter ...................... B3
Lapps Quay .............................. F3
Lavitt’s Quay ..............................B1
Lower Glanmire Road .................. G1
MacCurtain Street .......................E1
Marlborough Street ..................... B3
Maylor Street ............................ D2
Merchant’s Quay ...................... D2
Michael Collins Bridge................ G2
Morgan Street ............................C3
Morrison’s Quay ....................... D4
Nano Nagle Footbridge ...............B4
National Monument ....................B4
Oliver Plunkett Street .................C3
Opera Lane ............................... B2
Parliament Bridge ...................... C4
Parnell Bridge ............................ E3
Parnell Place.............................. E3
Paul Street ................................ B2
Pembroke Street ....................... D3
Penrose House ........................... H1
Penrose Quay ........................... G2
Perry Street ...............................C2
Phoenix Street .......................... D3
Pine Street ............................... C1
Prince’s Street ........................... B3
Queens Old Castle ..................... A3
Railway Street ............................ H1
Robert Street .............................C3
Savoy, The ...............................C2
School of Music .........................E4
Ship Street ................................. F1
South Main Street ......................A4
South Mall ...............................B4
St Patrick’s Bridge ....................... D1
St Patrick’s Church ...................... H1
St Patrick’s Hill .......................... D1
St Patrick’s Quay .........................E1
St Patrick’s Street ....................... B3
Sullivan’s Quay...........................B4
Summerhill ................................. F1
The Boardwalk ........................... F4
Tourist Information Office ............B4
Trinity Presbyterian Church ............ F1
Tuckey Street. ...........................A4
Union Quay ...............................E4
Unitarian Church ........................ B3
War Memorial ............................B4
Washington Street ...................... A3
William Street ............................C2
Winthrop Shopping Arcade ...........C3
Winthrop St ...............................C3
York St ......................................E1
Information Panels
1 Daunt’s Square ...................... A3
2 Grand Parade/South Mall ........B4
3 General Post Office (GPO) .... D3
4 Parnell Bridge ....................... E3
5 Boardwalk ............................ F3
6 Port of Cork ........................ G2
7 Penrose Quay ...................... G2
8 Brian Boru Bridge .................... F1
9 Coliseum Corner .................... F1
10 MacCurtain Street ..................E1
11 St Patrick’s Hill/Coburg Street . D1
12 St. Patrick’s Street – north .......C2
13 St. Patrick’s Street – south ....... B3
A self-guided walking
tour of Cork City’s
Central Island area
Welcome to Cork Walks and in particular to this walk
of the central island area of Cork City which is bounded
by the north and south channels of the River Lee. This is
a self –guided walking tour and takes just under one hour.
There are three elements to this walk. This leaflet
describes the walk and the sights along the way. It also
has a detailed map. There are directional signs (orange
walking symbols) throughout the walk to help orient and
guide you. 13 information panels are located at various
interest points along the route. These feature short
descriptions of places and events in these locations.
Along the route there are many buildings of interest
open to the public and which carry information leaflets.
In addition the T ourist Office, on the Grand Parade, has
further guides of the City and the greater Cork area.
Please linger along the way, taking the time to go inside
our churches, museums, and cafés.
We hope you enjoy this Cork Walk.
A city carries the imprint of the people and events that
have shaped it over time. These stories never reveal
themselves in a simple line: the old sits beside the new;
the new reinterprets the old. A small detail can be as
revealing as a large building.
This walk traces how the city centre island of Cork
developed following the infilling of a number of river
channels that ran between a series of marshy islands. At
the heart of the city, the main thoroughfare, St Patrick’s
Street, was at one time just such a waterway, as were the
Grand Parade and the South Mall.
The bridges that span the north and south channels of the
River Lee are also a crucial part of Cork’s story. Different
types of bridges were built to facilitate shipping and rail
services. Each bridge in its own way contributes to the
story of the time in which it was built.
Fundamental to the city’s economic success was its port
and the wealth generated by trade in commodities such
as butter and the provisioning of ships for the British navy
made Cork one of the most important places in Western
Europe during the 19th century.
Continuity and renewal are interwoven in the life of
a city. We hope that this walk will contribute to the
understanding of these processes in the life of this city.
Index
www.corkcity.ie
For more information please contact
Cork City Council
T ransportation Division
T: 021 492 4452
email: traffic @ corkcity.ie
CW-CI-EN-09-11
This project demonstrates the
Government’s support for cycling
and walking as the most sustainable
ways to travel.
The city centre Island Walk
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Bishop lucey P ark
Daunt’s Square
Nano Nagle
Footbridge
Parliament
Bridge
School of music
college
of commerce
River lee
(South
channel)
National
monument
War memorial
Queen’s
old castle
Holy
T rinity
church
The english
market
Parnell Bridge
Clontarf Bridge
Eamon de Valera
Bridge
Michael Collins Bridge
Brian Boru Bridge
St Patrick’s Bridge
River lee
(North channel)
T ourist
Information
office
General
Post
office
city Hall
coliseum
everyman
Palace
Theatre
Former
cork
library
Winthrop
Shopping
Arcade
Harbour
commissioners
offices
Baptist
church
Fr mathew
Statue
T he
Savoy
city
library
cork
Savings
Bank
Provincial
Bank of
Ireland
Penrose
House
T rinity
Presbyterian
church
St Patrick’s
church
Huguenot
Quarter
Unitarian
church
Christy Ring Bridge
SOUTH MAIN ST
GRAND PARADE
ST. PATRICK’S STREET
ST. PATRICK’S STREET
ST. PATRICK’S STREET
WASHINGTON STREET
OLIVER PLUNKETT ST OLIVER PLUNKETT STREET
PRINCES ST
MARLBOROUGH STREET
COOK STREET
MORGAN STREET
SOUTH MALL
SOUTH MALL
COOK STREET
PRINCES ST
TUCKEY STREET
CASTLE STREET
SULLIVAN’S QUAY
FATHER MATHEW QUAY
UNION QUAY
ACADEMY STREET
FRENCH CHURCH ST
CAREY’S LANE
FATHER MATHEW ST
GRAND PARADE
MERCHANT’S QUAY
ST PATRICK’S QUAY
CAMDEN QUAY
OLIVER PLUNKETT STREET
PEMBROKE ST
SMITH STREET
SOUTH MALL
UNION QUAY
ALBERT QUAY
LAPP’S QUAY
CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY
ALBERT QUAY
MAYLOR STREET
PARNELL PLACE PARNELL PLACE
ANGLESEA STREET
ANDERSON’S QUAY
PENROSE QUAY
YORK STREET
SHIP STREET
ALFRED STREET
LOWER GLANMIRE ROAD
SUMMERHILL
COBURG ST.
PINE STREET
EGLINTON STREET
ANDERSO N’S STREET
CLONTARF S TREET
LOWER OLIVER PLUNKETT STREET
MACCURTAIN STREET
DRAWBRIDGE STREET
PERRY ST
LAVITT’S QUAY
BRIDGE ST
CAROLINE STREET
ROBERT STREET
PHOENIX ST
BEASLY STREET
MORRISON’S QUAY
CUSTO M HOUSE STREET
RAILWAY STREET
LAPP’S QUAY
CLONTARF ST
CONNELL ST
EMMET PLACE
HALF MOON STREET
OPERA LANE
BOWLING GREEN ST
WILLIAM STREET
EMMET PLACE
MERCHANT’S QUAY
PAUL STREET
BRIAN BORU ST
ST PATRICK’S
HILL
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Walk route
Information Panel
WINTHROP ST
Bishop lucey P ark
Daunt’s Square
Nano Nagle
Footbridge
Parliament
Bridge
School of music
college
of commerce
River lee
(South
channel)
National
monument
War memorial
Queen’s
old castle
Holy
T rinity
church
The english
market
Parnell Bridge
Clontarf Bridge
Eamon de Valera
Bridge
Michael Collins Bridge
Brian Boru Bridge
St Patrick’s Bridge
River lee
(North channel)
T ourist
Information
office
General
Post
office
city Hall
coliseum
everyman
Palace
Theatre
Former
cork
library
Winthrop
Shopping
Arcade
Harbour
commissioners
offices
Baptist
church
Fr mathew
Statue
T he
Savoy
city
library
cork
Savings
Bank
Provincial
Bank of
Ireland
Penrose
House
T rinity
Presbyterian
church
St Patrick’s
church
Huguenot
Quarter
Unitarian
church
Christy Ring Bridge
SOUTH MAIN ST
GRAND PARADE
ST. PATRICK’S STREET
ST. PATRICK’S STREET
ST. PATRICK’S STREET
WASHINGTON STREET
OLIVER PLUNKETT ST OLIVER PLUNKETT STREET
PRINCES ST
MARLBOROUGH STREET
COOK STREET
MORGAN STREET
SOUTH MALL
SOUTH MALL
COOK STREET
PRINCES ST
TUCKEY STREET
CASTLE STREET
SULLIVAN’S QUAY
FATHER MATHEW QUAY
UNION QUAY
ACADEMY STREET
FRENCH CHURCH ST
CAREY’S LANE
FATHER MATHEW ST
GRAND PARADE
MERCHANT’S QUAY
ST PATRICK’S QUAY
CAMDEN QUAY
OLIVER PLUNKETT STREET
PEMBROKE ST
SMITH STREET
SOUTH MALL
UNION QUAY
ALBERT QUAY
LAPP’S QUAY
CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY
ALBERT QUAY
MAYLOR STREET
PARNELL PLACE PARNELL PLACE
ANGLESEA STREET
ANDERSON’S QUAY
PENROSE QUAY
YORK STREET
SHIP STREET
ALFRED STREET
LOWER GLANMIRE ROAD
SUMMERHILL
COBURG ST.
PINE STREET
EGLINTON STREET
ANDERSO N’S STREET
CLONTARF S TREET
LOWER OLIVER PLUNKETT STREET
MACCURTAIN STREET
DRAWBRIDGE STREET
PERRY ST
LAVITT’S QUAY
BRIDGE ST
CAROLINE STREET
ROBERT STREET
PHOENIX ST
BEASLY STREET
MORRISON’S QUAY
CUSTO M HOUSE STREET
RAILWAY STREET
LAPP’S QUAY
CLONTARF ST
CONNELL ST
EMMET PLACE
HALF MOON STREET
OPERA LANE
BOWLING GREEN ST
WILLIAM STREET
EMMET PLACE
MERCHANT’S QUAY
PAUL STREET
BRIAN BORU ST
ST PATR
HILL
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The City Centre Island Walk
The walk begins on Daunt’s Square at Information Panel 1.
Continue from here and walk along Grand Parade as far as the
National Monument to Information Panel 2.
This is one of the great gathering places of Cork, to where
crowds came on a variety of occasions down through the
years. The building to the west dates to c.1787. It was
originally known as Daly’s Clubhouse and subsequently as
the City Club. The front of the building dates to the mid
19th century.
Continue along South Mall and cross the road to Pembroke
Street and continue to Information Panel 3.
At the junction of Pembroke Street and the South Mall notice
the Cork Library sign and date carved into the stone above a
doorway. This was home to members of a Library Society and
was open for five hours daily, six days a week and held books
on a wide range of topics.
Much of this area was damaged during the War of
Independence. From the ashes however, grew a new Cork
including the Winthrop Shopping Arcade, just across from the
GPO. The arcade was opened on 11th March 1926 and was the
first of its kind built in the Free State.
Continue east along Oliver Plunkett Street, cross the road at the
junction at Parnell Place and continue to Information Panel 4 on
Lapp’s Quay.
Parnell Place was once called Warren’s Place and across the
river where the City Hall now stands was formally known as
Sleigh’s Marsh. Both areas were named after the merchants
and developers that helped bring them into the compass of
the city.
Continue along Lapps Quay as far as Information Panel 5.
Next continue along the Boardwalk as far as Information
Panel 6.
There is evidence at every turn here of Cork’s maritime
history – from the warehousing to mooring bollards to the
timbers of olden jetties rising from the river waters. The
eastern extremity of the island is occupied by the Harbour
Board Offices. To the north and the south are the furthest
down-river crossings giving access to the island centre from
the surrounding hinterland. On the South channel stands
Éamon DeValera Bridge while the North channel is spanned
by Michael Collins Bridge.
Continue along Custom House Street, cross over Michael
Collins bridge and continue as far as Information Panel 7 .
The quaysides of the northern channel of the river were a hive
of industry in former times. Among the commodities landed
Hill illustrates just how much of a valley the city sits within.
In recent years the hill has been a spectacular part of
international cycling races that have visited the city. To
the west is Shandon Steeple, one of Cork’s most famous
landmarks, and also the 19th century tower of the city’s
Catholic Cathedral. Southwards is Bridge Street and St.
Patrick’s Bridge, beyond which can be seen the main
thoroughfare of the city, St Patrick’s Street, to where the walk
now takes you.
Continue along Bridge Street, cross the River Lee and continue
along St. Patrick Street as far as Information Panel 12.
Crossing St Patrick’s Bridge and the North Channel of the Lee
brings you once more onto the island centre of the city and
into St Patrick’s Street.
The statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew welcomes the visitor to
the centre of Cork from the plinth where he has stood since
1864. A native of Tipperary, following his ordination as a
Capuchin he served the people of the city for over forty years
until his death in 1856.
Another iconic building on the street is The Savoy. For much
of the 20th century this was home to the Cork International
Film Festival, which many of Hollywood’s most famous
stars attended.
Situated to the west of St Patrick’s Street is the Huguenot
Quarter, named after the French Protestants who settled
in Cork from the late 17th century onwards. The Huguenots
were welcomed for their skills and soon became important
members of commercial and civic life in Cork. Some
established themselves in business and manufacturing
industries, while others became renowned silversmiths.
Several served as mayors of Cork. This surviving portion of the
Huguenot burial ground has been restored and can be viewed
on Carey’s lane.
Continue along St. Patrick Street, cross to the eastern side of the
street at the junction with Academy Street and continue as far as
Information Panel 13.
The entrance to the nearby English Market is situated on
Prince’s Street. It was opened in 1788 and became known
as the English Market as it was opened by the Protestant
or English Corporation of the time. An Irish market was
subsequently established on Cornmarket Street. The English
Market has developed an international reputation as a food
emporium, where a mix of traditional Cork foods, such as tripe
and drisheen, and exotic fare can be purchased.
St Patrick’s Street is also affectionately known as ‘Pana’ and
walking it is known as ‘doing Pana’– which, as you walk it, is
exactly what you are doing now.
The walk ends here. To return to Information Panel 1 on Daunt’s
Square, continue on St. Patrick Street as far as the bend in the
road and cross the road using the pedestrian crossing.
on these quays was coal, vital to the survival of a modern city.
Until early in the 20th century the loading and unloading was
done by hand, requiring a large labour force.
Continue west along Penrose Quay as far as Information Panel 8.
The 1912 Clontarf and Brian Boru bridges are unique in the
city’s history, built as they were to accommodate four different
forms of transport namely; goods and passenger trains; vehicular
traffic, pedestrian traffic and finally to lift into an upright
position to accommodate the passage of shipping.
Cross the road and continue along Brian Boru Street as far as
information Panel 9.
Brian Boru Street was built in conjunction with Brian Boru
bridge and for a number of years it was simply known as the
New Street.
At this junction, great crowds often accompanied famous
people, among them political leaders, in procession to or from
Kent railway station. In 1903, King Edward 7th and Queen
Alexandria passed by here following their visit to the Cork
International Exhibition in Fitzgerald Park.
To the north-east lies Harrington Square, where the famous
short-story writer Frank O’Connor lived.
Cross Brian Boru Street and continue along MacCurtain Street as
far as Information Panel 10.
Lord Mayor Tomás MacCurtain, after whom this street is
named, was involved in the struggle for Irish independence
and was commander of the Republican forces in Cork city
during the 1916 rising. He was murdered by Crown police at his
home in Blackpool in March 1920 and it was from the barracks
here on MacCurtain Street, then called King Street, that the
perpetrators left to commit their foul deed.
On the northern side of the street No. 43, Stokes Clocks is part
of a tradition of clock-making that has been in the city since the
17th century while at No. 46 stands the city’s Baptist Church.
There has been a Baptist community in Cork since the 17th
century, residing at a variety of locations throughout the city.
The present church dates to 1892.
Continue along MacCurtain Street. Cross the road at the junction
with Bridge Street to reach Information Panel 11.
The junction of Coburg Street, Bridge Street, St Patrick’s Hill
and MacCurtain Street is a spectacular one. From each of four
directions different characteristics of the city can be seen.
You have journeyed along MacCurtain Street to the east.
To the north, rising steeply away from the city, St Patrick’s
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