Diary of a Weekend in Cork

Day 1: Dublin to Cork Day 1: Checking out the Nightlife in Cork Day 2: Cork to Blarney Day 2: The Midleton Jameson Distillery Day 2: A Visit to Historical Cobh Day 2: Night out in Cork City Day 3: Cork City Gaol Day 3: Fota Wildlife Park Day 3: Homeward Bound - Cork to Dublin

Cork is hailed as the 'Real capital of Ireland' by locals and as the 2nd largest city in Ireland and European Capital of Culture 2005, we here at Hotel-Ireland decided to take a trip down to the Southwest of our fair isle to see for ourselves what all the fuss was about: to check out the hotels in Cork, tourist attractions in Cork and of course the renowned pubs and restaurants of Cork city. Everyone we encountered along the way was warm, friendly and helpful. We had limited time to experience all the wonderful attractions of Cork, and so after some careful research and planning we headed off on our trip to Cork The result was a fun filled, action packed weekend... read on for more details on how the 3 girls (Elaine, Ciara and Clodagh) got on, on their trip!!