Cork City Gaol
Cork City Gaol is a former prison, now a museum, located in Cork City, Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sheila1988, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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
- Wheelchair access: limited
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
Photo: Michael O’Sheil, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima is situated 140 metres south of Cork City Gaol.
Cork Public Museum
Museum
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: mozzercork, CC BY 2.0.
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
Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Gurranabraher is located in Cork North-Central Dáil Éireann constituency.
Shandon
Suburb
Photo: psyberartist, CC BY 2.0.
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
Photo: Guillermo Moreno, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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″ northLongitude
-8.499° or 8° 29′ 56″ westElevation
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
9C3HVGX2+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 66829104OpenStreetMap feature
historic=prisonOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
“Cork City Gaol” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة كورك جاول”
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