Cork City Gaol
Cork City Gaol is a former prison, now a museum, located in Cork City, Ireland.- Opening hours:
March—October: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
November—February: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM - Email: corkgoal@indigo.ie
- Type: Museum
- Description: former Prison, Now a Museum
- Address: Convent Avenue, Cork
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima and Cork Public Museum.
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima
Church
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima is situated 140 metres south of Cork City Gaol.
Cork Public Museum
Museum
Cork Public Museum is a city museum in Cork, Ireland. Housed in a mid-19th-century building within Fitzgerald Park in the Mardyke area of the city, the museum's exhibits focus mainly on the history and archaeology of the Cork area. Cork Public Museum is situated 470 metres southeast of Cork City Gaol.
Daly’s Bridge
Bridge
Daly's Bridge is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Lee in Cork, Ireland. Known locally as the Shakey Bridge, it joins Sunday's Well on the north side to Fitzgerald's Park in the Mardyke area on the south. Daly’s Bridge is situated 320 metres south of Cork City Gaol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garranabraher and Shandon.
Garranabraher
Suburb
Gurranabraher is a residential suburb on the north western side of Cork City. Its bounds range from the North Cathedral to Bakers Road to Blarney Street.
Shandon
Suburb
Shandon is a district on the north-side of Cork city. Shandon lies north of the River Lee and North Gate Bridge, the northernmost point of the medieval city.
The Lough
Suburb
The Lough is a suburb of Cork city, the electoral division in which it lies, the body of water that gives the area its name and a Roman Catholic parish of the same name.
Cork City Gaol
- Categories: prison, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Cork, Munster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.89948° or 51° 53′ 58″ north
Longitude
-8.499° or 8° 29′ 56″ west
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
9C3HVGX2+QC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=prison
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
“Cork City Gaol” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة كورك جاول”
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