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Some years later, the 1st Earl of Inchiquin's great-grandson, 26-year-old William O'Brien, and five of his friends formalised their activities and in so doing established The Water Club of the Harbour of Cork in 1720. This body became inactive in 1765 and was re-established in 1802. By 1806, it was known as the Cork Harbour Water Club.
Lough Mahon (Irish: Loch Machan) is a sea lough in the north-western part of Cork Harbour. Its area is about 12 km 2 (5 sq mi). Several Cork suburbs, such as Mahon, Douglas, Rochestown, Blackrock and Ballinlough as well as the town of Passage West are on its southern and western shores. To the north is Little Island and to the east Great Island.
Ringaskiddy. / 51.8302°N 8.3191°W / 51.8302; -8.3191. Ringaskiddy ( Irish: Rinn an Scidígh, meaning 'Skiddy's Headland') [2] is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres (9 mi) from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road.
Spike Island è un'isola di circa 104 acri al largo del porto di Cork in Irlanda. Storia. L'isola nel corso del tempo ha ospitato un monastero, una fortezza e una prigione. Ognuna di queste fasi ha lasciato tracce visibili sull'isola, soprattutto la prigione.
Fota Island. / 51.89917°N 8.29833°W / 51.89917; -8.29833. Fota (statutory spelling Foaty; Irish: Fóite) [1] [2] is an island in Cork Harbour, Ireland, just north of the larger island of Great Island. Fota Island is host to Ireland's only wildlife park – as well as the historical Fota House and gardens and golf course owned by the ...
Curraghbinny ( Irish: Corra Binne ), [1] also sometimes spelled Currabinny or Currabinney, [2] is a townland in County Cork, Ireland. [3] Located on Cork Harbour near Ringaskiddy and with an area of 2.4 square kilometres (240 ha), it is a townland in the barony of Kerrycurrihy. [3] As of the 2011 census, Curraghbinny townland had a population ...
History Harvesting of cork from the forests of Algeria, 1930. Cork is a natural material used by humans for over 5,000 years. It is a material whose applications have been known since antiquity, especially in floating devices and as stopper for beverages, mainly wine, whose market, from the early twentieth century, had a massive expansion, particularly due to the development of several cork ...
