Oliver Plunkett

Cork City


Cork memorabilia (sporting, political and musical), a relaxed pub serving food from breakfast onward, rockin' live music and club nights make this multipurpose venue a magnet for locals and visitors, day and night.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Cork City attractions

1. Statue of Father Mathew

0.14 MILES

The imposing statue on St Patrick's St, just south of the River Lee North Channel, is of Father Theobald Mathew, the 'Apostle of Temperance', who crusaded…

2. Holy Trinity Church

0.18 MILES

The Holy Trinity Church was designed by the Pain brothers in 1834 in the honour of Father Theobald Mathew, whose statue sits just south of the River Lee…

3. Crawford Art Gallery

0.18 MILES

Cork's public gallery houses a small but excellent permanent collection covering the 17th century through to the modern day, though the works on display…

4. City Hall

0.2 MILES

Built in Georgian style in the 1930s to replace the original city offices, which were burnt down by renegade British forces in 1920, Cork's impressive…

5. English Market

0.21 MILES

The English Market – so called because it was set up in 1788 by the Protestant or ‘English’ corporation that then controlled the city (there was once an…

6. Red Abbey Tower

0.31 MILES

Overlooking a small public square, Red Abbey Tower is Cork's only surviving medieval building, and all that remains of a 14th-century Augustinian priory.

7. St Peter's Cork

0.4 MILES

Housed in an old church, this cultural centre and gallery space houses a heritage display charting the history of Cork as well as changing exhibitions of…

8. Old Butter Market

0.43 MILES

Cork had the largest butter market in the world during the 1860s, exporting butter as far as India, South America and Australia. The Butter Exchange was…