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Cork History · Beyond the City

Beyond the City

Cork's story spills past the city bounds: the castle that named a way of talking, the battle that ended Gaelic Ireland, the island prison, the port of a million goodbyes, and the two great liners the harbour will never forget.

Beyond · 1446

Blarney Castle

The MacCarthy stronghold whose stone, and whose lord's smooth letters, gave English a word.

Beyond · 1588

Youghal

Raleigh's walled port: a gaol inside a clock, a £1,500 land deal, and a Hollywood whale.

Beyond · 1601

The Battle of Kinsale

An hour's fighting down the coast ended Gaelic Ireland, and put a fort over Cork.

Beyond · 1601 & 1677

Kinsale

Wine port, battlefield, and the great star fort that watched the harbour for 250 years.

Beyond · 1847

Spike Island

Monastery, 24-acre star fort, and for a few Victorian years the biggest prison on earth.

Beyond · 1849

Cobh

Cove, Queenstown, Cobh: three names for the port where 2.5 million said goodbye to Ireland.

Beyond · 1912

The Titanic at Queenstown

Cork was the last land the Titanic ever touched. 123 boarded from the harbour tenders.

Beyond · 1915

The Lusitania

Torpedoed off the Old Head of Kinsale. She sank in 18 minutes; the rescue ran from Cobh.

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