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Sheila's Cork Hostel, located close to the centre of Cork city, offers an excellent location from which to discover Ireland's second city:.
The centre of Cork with it's magnificent main street, St. Patrick's Street is a shopper's paradise.
The pedestrianised area between St. Patrick's Street and Paul Street, also known as the "Hugenot Quarter", has a multitude of cafes, restauraunts and quirky little shops.
Oliver Plunkett Street and it's many side-streets offer some great night-life - ranging from big "superpubs" to smaller, more intimate "drinking dens". Make sure to sample some of the local brews. Dublin has Guinness but Cork has Murphy's and Beamish - infinitely superior!
No visit to Cork could be said to be complete without a visit toThe English Market, located just off of St. Patrick's St. Dating from the 1700's, it is unique in Ireland. offering a thriving mix of tradtitional greengrocers and fishmongers right through to stalls selling local cheeses, handmade breads, gourmet coffees and handmade chocolates. want to know why Cork people are so cheerful? It's because we get our grub here!
Sheila's Cork Hostel serves as an excellent base from which to explore the beautiful regions of West Cork and Kerry.
You can visit:
BLARNEY - kiss the famous stone and get the gift of eloquence!
COBH - the last port of call of the Titanic;
Picturesque KINSALE - Ireland's gourmet capital;
The wonderfully rugged BEARA PENINSULA;
Beautiful islands such as SHERKIN, CAPE CLEAR and GARNISH;
The world renowned RING OF KERRY - at it's centre, Killarney, with it's national park, lakes and Muckross House;
The DINGLE PENINSULA - swim with Fungi the dolphin, visit the now-deserted Blasket islands, the Skellig Rocks - miles off the coast and the site of an early Christian settlement with unique beehive-shaped huts.
