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Beamish & Crawford Brewery
This famous brewery is the most ancient porter brewery in Ireland. Beer drinkers will love the well presented tours that end with a few rounds of the famous Beamish brews. The brewery is hard to miss as it is across the road from the Counting House, a building that takes first prize for eye-blinding, mock Tudor, architectural awfulness.
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Blarney Castle
This is your chance to see a beautiful old castle (built 1210-1446), walk in some nice gardens, and, of course, kiss a magic stone that makes you talk better. But when you go to kiss the 'stone of elequence', kiss it early, before the coach crowds arrive.
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Cork Butter Museum
Okay, so it may not sound so exciting, but there's something quietly charming about a butter museum. The museum focuses on the history of dairying, the growth of the Cork Butter Exchange, and the craft of traditional butter making. Definitely scone-worthy.
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Cork Public Museum
Located in a pleasant Georgian house in Fitzgerald Park, the Cork Public Museum recounts Cork's history from the Stone Age right up to local football legend Roy Keane with a diverse collection of local artefacts. There's a café next-door.
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Cork Vision Centre
It's worth popping into the Cork Vision Centre to view the frequently changing art exhibitions, many of them featuring local artists and photographers. Also on display is a scale model of the city centre.
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Holy Trinity Church
One of Cork's most famous figures was Father Theobald Mathew, the 'Apostle of Temperance', who went on a short-lived crusade against alcohol in the 1830s and 1840s - a quarter of a million people took the 'pledge', and whiskey production halved. The Holy Trinity Church was designed by the Pain brothers in 1834 in his honour, and the, erm, Father Mathew Bingo Hall round the corner also celebrates his memory. Mathew's statue stands on St Patrick's St.
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Lewis Glucksman Gallery
The Lewis Glucksman Gallery, a startling limestone, steel and timber construction, is a visible symbol of Corkonian optimism. Opened in 2004 to great excitement, the around €12 -million building has three huge display areas, which host ever-changing art exhibitions and installations. If you're in town, don't miss the free fortnightly curatorial tours; the website has details.
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National Radio Museum
At the National Radio Museum alongside collections of beautiful old radios, you can hear the story of Guglielmo Marconi's conquest of the airwaves. To get there, walk from the city centre, or take bus 8 from the bus station to the University College Cork (UCC); walk north across Fitzgerald Park, over Mardyke Bridge, along the River Lee Walkway and follow the signs up the hill.
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Red Abbey Tower
Red Abbey Tower, the only medieval building left in Cork, is all that remains of a 14th-century Augustinian priory. Its location is fairly anonymous, but a bit of imagination will help create a stirring sense of antiquity.
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