Courthouse & Regional Museum

Kinsale


Based in the 17th-century courthouse that was used for the inquest into the sinking of the Lusitania, this eclectic museum contains local curiosities as diverse as Michael Collins' hurley (hurling stick), and shoes belonging to the 8ft-tall Kinsale Giant, Patrick Cotter O'Brien (1760–1806).


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2. Desmond Castle

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3. Charles Fort

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5. Stone Corridor

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6. University College Cork

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7. Lewis Glucksman Gallery

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8. St Fin Barre's Cathedral

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