X
X
X
X
(“cork” (/kɔːrk/; irish: corcaigh, pronounced [ˈkoɾkɪɟ], from corcach, meaning “marsh”) is a ‘city’ in ‘southwest ireland’, in the province of ‘munster’, which had a population of ‘125,622’ in ‘2016’)
(the city is situated on the ‘river lee’, which splits into 2 channels at the ‘western end and divides the ‘city center’ into ‘islands’)
(they re-converge at the ‘eastern end’ where the ‘quays’ and ‘docks’ along the ‘river banks’ lead outwards towards ‘lough mahon’ and ‘cork harbor”, which is one of the largest ‘natural harbors’ in the world (by ‘navigational area’))
(expanded by ‘viking invaders’ around ‘915’, the city’s charter was granted by ‘prince john’ (as “‘lord’ of ”ireland'”), in ‘1185’)
(‘cork city’ was once ‘fully walled’, and the remnants of the old ‘medieval town center’ can be found around ‘south’ and ‘north’ main streets)
(the city’s ‘cognomen’ of “the rebel city” originates in its support for the ‘yorkist cause’ during the english 15th century ‘wars of the roses’)
(‘corkonians’ often refer to the city as “the real capital” in reference to its role as the center of forces opposing the ‘anglo-irish treaty’ during the ‘irish civil war’)
X
**********************************************************************************************
(***BACK TO “IRISH COUNTIES”***)
**********************************************************************************************
********************************************
********************************************
**********************************************************************************************
********************************************
********************************************
**********************************************************************************************