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Index Daunt’s Square...........................B3 Paul Street ................................B2 Welcome to Cork Walks and in particular to this walk Academy Street .........................B2 Pembroke Street ....................... D3 of the central island area of Cork City which is bounded Albert Quay............................... F3 Penrose House ........................... H1 by the north and south channels of the River Lee. This is Albert Street............................. G2 Penrose Quay ........................... G2 Alfred Street .............................. G1 Perry Street ...............................C2 a self –guided walking tour and takes just under one hour. Anderson’s Quay ........................ F2 Phoenix Street .......................... D3 Anderson’s Street ....................... F2 Pine Street ............................... C1 There are three elements to this walk. This leaflet Anglesea Street ..........................F4 Prince’s Street ...........................B3 describes the walk and the sights along the way. It also Baptist Church ........................... D1 Queens Old Castle .....................A3 has a detailed map. There are directional signs (orange Beasly Street ............................. E3 Railway Street ............................ H1 Bishop Lucey Park .......................A3 Robert Street .............................C3 walking symbols) throughout the walk to help orient and Bowling Green Street ..................C2 Savoy, The ...............................C2 guide you. 13 information panels are located at various Brian Boru Bridge ....................... F2 School of Music .........................E4 interest points along the route. These feature short Brian Boru Street ........................F1 Ship Street .................................F1 descriptions of places and events in these locations. Bridge Street ............................. D1 South Main Street ......................A4 COMHAIRLE CATHRACH CHORCAÍ Camden Quay ............................ C1 South Mall ...............................B4 CORK CITY COUNCIL Carey’s Lane ..............................B2 St Patrick’s Bridge ....................... D1 Along the route there are many buildings of interest Caroline Street ......................... D2 St Patrick’s Church ...................... H1 open to the public and which carry information leaflets. Castle Street .............................A3 St Patrick’s Hill .......................... D1 In addition the Tourist Office, on the Grand Parade, has Christy Ring Bridge ...................... C1 St Patrick’s Quay .........................E1 City Hall ...................................F4 St Patrick’s Street .......................B3 further guides of the City and the greater Cork area. City Library ................................A4 Sullivan’s Quay...........................B4 Please linger along the way, taking the time to go inside Clontarf Bridge .......................... F3 Summerhill .................................F1 our churches, museums, and cafés. Clontarf Street ........................... F3 The Boardwalk ...........................F4 Coburg Street ........................... C1 Tourist Information Office ............B4 We hope you enjoy this Cork Walk. Coliseum ...................................F1 Trinity Presbyterian Church ............F1 College of Commerce ................ D4 Tuckey Street. ...........................A4 Connell Street .......................... F3 Union Quay ...............................E4 Cook Street ..............................B3 Unitarian Church ........................B3 Custom House Quay .................. G2 War Memorial ............................B4 The city centre Island Walk Custom House Street ................. G2 Washington Street ......................A3 Eamon DeValera Bridge .............. G3 William Street ............................C2 Eglinton Street ...........................F4 Winthrop Shopping Arcade ...........C3 A city carries the imprint of the people and events that English Market, The ...................A3 Winthrop St ...............................C3 have shaped it over time. These stories never reveal Everyman Palace Theatre ...............E1 York St ......................................E1 Former Cork Library ................... D3 themselves in a simple line: the old sits beside the new; Former Cork Savings Bank Information Panels the new reinterprets the old. A small detail can be as building .................................... E3 1 Daunt’s Square ......................A3 revealing as a large building. Former Provincial Bank of Ireland 2 Grand Parade/South Mall ........B4 building .................................... E3 3 General Post Office (GPO) .... D3 Fr Mathew Quay ........................ C4 This walk traces how the city centre island of Cork 4 Parnell Bridge ....................... E3 Fr Mathew Street ....................... C4 5 Boardwalk ............................ F3 developed following the infilling of a number of river Fr. Theobald Mathew Statue ........ D2 6 Port of Cork ........................ G2 www.corkcity.ie French Church Street ..................B2 channels that ran between a series of marshy islands. At 7 Penrose Quay ...................... G2 General Post Office ................... D3 the heart of the city, the main thoroughfare, St Patrick’s 8 Brian Boru Bridge ....................F1 Grand Parade ............................A3 9 Coliseum Corner ....................F1 Street, was at one time just such a waterway, as were the Half Moon Street .......................B2 10 MacCurtain Street ..................E1 Harbour Commissioners Offices ... G2 Grand Parade and the South Mall. 11 St Patrick’s Hill/Coburg Street .D1 Holy Trinity Church .................... C4 A self-guided walking 12 St. Patrick’s Street – north .......C2 Huguenot Quarter ......................B3 The bridges that span the north and south channels of the 13 St. Patrick’s Street – south .......B3 Lapps Quay .............................. F3 tour of Cork City’s River Lee are also a crucial part of Cork’s story. Different Lavitt’s Quay ..............................B1 Central Island area types of bridges were built to facilitate shipping and rail Lower Glanmire Road .................. G1 MacCurtain Street .......................E1 services. Each bridge in its own way contributes to the Marlborough Street .....................B3 story of the time in which it was built. Maylor Street ............................ D2 Merchant’s Quay ...................... D2 This project demonstrates the For more information please contact Fundamental to the city’s economic success was its port Michael Collins Bridge................ G2 Government’s support for cycling Cork City Council and the wealth generated by trade in commodities such Morgan Street ............................C3 and walking as the most sustainable Transportation Division T: 021 492 4452 as butter and the provisioning of ships for the British navy Morrison’s Quay ....................... D4 ways to travel. email: [email protected] Nano Nagle Footbridge ...............B4 made Cork one of the most important places in Western National Monument ....................B4 Europe during the 19th century. Oliver Plunkett Street .................C3 Opera Lane ...............................B2 Continuity and renewal are interwoven in the life of Parliament Bridge ...................... C4 a city. We hope that this walk will contribute to the Parnell Bridge ............................ E3 Parnell Place.............................. E3 CW-CI-EN-09-11 understanding of these processes in the life of this city. ABcDeFYORK STREET G H Hill illustrates just how much of a valley the city sits within. ST PATRICK’SPATR COBURG ST HILL The City Centre Island Walk Baptist Trinity . church Presbyterian In recent years the hill has been a spectacular part of T 1! church SUMMERHILL international cycling races that have visited the city. To MACCURTAIN STREET St Patrick’s 1) LOWER GLANMIRE ROAD church ALFRED STREET PINE STREETSTREE everyman j the west is Shandon Steeple, one of Cork’s most famous Palace coliseum The walk begins on Daunt’s Square at Information Panel 1. CAMDEN QUAY Theatre 1 BRIDGE ST 1 landmarks, and also the 19th century tower of the city’s Continue from here and walk along Grand Parade as far as the ST PATRICK’S QUAY Catholic Cathedral. Southwards is Bridge Street and St. Christy Ring Bridge SHIP STREET St Patrick’s Bridge LAVITT’S QUAY BRIAN BORU ST Patrick’s Bridge, beyond which can be seen the main National Monument to Information Panel 2. River lee Penrose (North channel) i House MERCHANT’S QUA h PENROSE QUAYQUA RAILWAY STREET thoroughfare of the city, St Patrick’s Street, to where the walk This is one of the great gathering places of Cork, to where Fr mathew Y Brian Boru Bridge Y PERRY ST Statue now takes you. T MERCHANT’S QUAY C crowds came on a variety of occasions down through the ESTR E C E E L IDG ET 1@ L C C O BR R O EMMET PLACE W T U U N A N R S Michael Collins Bridge P D WILLIAM STREET P ANDERSON’S QUAY S S T S T A A T BOWLING GREEN ST ’ T A years. The building to the west dates to c.1787. It was A Continue along Bridge Street, cross the River Lee and continue R R O HALF MOON STREET O A K A R R N N N C N F I F 2 M 2 E ACADEMY STREET E D D S EMMET PLACE R S L The L T H E E L L TREETREET FRENCH CHURCH ST OPERA LANELAN A R originally known as Daly’s Clubhouse and subsequently as R along St. Patrick Street as far as Information Panel 12. Savoy O P P P S S L . L