Cork Guide

Cork landmarks in true 3D — and how to reach each by public transport (lines, nearest stops, a planner from your location).

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Leap Card and the TFI 90-minute fareHow to pay on buses, trams and trains in Ireland: the Leap Card, tapping on and off, and the 90-minute fare that lets you change vehicles in Dublin.Read the guide Dublin Airport to the city by busThere is no train or tram to Dublin Airport — the choice is between Dublin Bus routes 16 and 41 with a Leap Card, or the Aircoach and Dublin Express coaches.Read the guide Luas and DART: the basicsDublin's two rail systems in short: the Luas tram with its Red and Green lines, and the DART electric train along the coast — where they go, how to pay and how they connect with buses.Read the guide Night buses in Ireland: Nitelink and 24-hour routesGetting home after midnight: Dublin's Nitelink network on Friday and Saturday nights, the 24-hour bus routes, and what runs at night in the other cities.Read the guide Bus Éireann city buses in Cork, Galway, Limerick and WaterfordOutside Dublin the city buses are run by Bus Éireann under the TFI brand: how the route numbers work, where the buses stop in each city centre and how to pay.Read the guide

Landmarks · 8

3D Church & monasterySt Fin Barre's CathedralCork's three-spired Gothic Revival cathedral, built in the 1870s on the site where St Fin Barre founded his monastery in the seventh century.Open guide

3D MarketEnglish MarketA covered food market trading since 1788, with fishmongers, butchers, cheese and bread stalls under a Victorian roof in the heart of Cork.Open guide

3D Church & monasteryShandon Bells & St Anne's ChurchThe eighteenth-century church tower above the city where visitors ring the famous bells themselves and climb past the four-faced clock to a view over Cork.Open guide

3D MuseumCork City GaolA castle-like Georgian prison on Sunday's Well hill, open from 1824 to 1923, now a museum of prison life with wax figures in the original cells.Open guide

3D HistoryBlackrock Castle ObservatoryA sixteenth-century harbour fort on the River Lee, rebuilt in 1829 and now an astronomy centre with a planetarium show and a riverside café.Open guide

3D ParkFitzgerald's ParkCork's main city park on the banks of the Lee, laid out for the 1902 exhibition, with the Cork Public Museum, a sculpture trail and the Shakey Bridge.Open guide

3D HistoryElizabeth FortA seventeenth-century star fort on the ridge south of the river, with free access to the ramparts and one of the best views over Cork's rooftops.Open guide

3D MuseumCrawford Art GalleryCork's public art gallery in the old Custom House of 1724, known for its Greek and Roman casts from the Vatican and Irish painting from the eighteenth century to today.Open guide

Frequently asked questions

How do I reach Cork’s landmarks by public transport?

Open any landmark from the guide — its page shows the nearest stops and a planner that finds a route from your location to it, with lines, transfers and departure times based on the timetable.

Which landmarks does the guide cover?

Cork’s best-known landmarks — St Fin Barre's Cathedral, English Market, Shandon Bells & St Anne's Church, Cork City Gaol, Blackrock Castle Observatory — each with a 3D view of the location and directions on how to get there by public transport.

What is the 3D view of a landmark?

An interactive 3D model of the location (buildings and surroundings from OpenStreetMap data) that rotates and tilts. It is not a photo but a graphical view of the place, so you can recognise the area before you set off.

How do I plan a tour of several landmarks?

Use the Journey Planner for a public transport route to each landmark; every landmark page also lists the nearest stops with arrival estimates, so you can easily chain several points into one tour.