Our next stop was Ireland's second city, Cork. We started our stay here with a visit to the Elizabeth Fort, a seventeenth-century star fort. There are some great views of the city from the ramparts.
In later years, the fort served as a barracks for the Royal Irish Constabulary, in particular for the Black and Tans. These buildings around the parade square date from those days.
We found IRA General Tom Barry of the West Cork Flying Brigade outside the Cork City Museum. Alas, despite the sign, we did not find pancakes :(
There are many lovely foot bridges across the River Lee. I particularly liked this one.
And a nice view of the Lee.
We then visited the second prison of our trip, the Cork City Gaol. Another Victorian-era gaol, it has many similarities to Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, although the exterior looks more like a castle.
The interior followed the same sort of layout as Kilmainham.
The former gaol hospital, looking otherworldly.
And the exercise yard.
Arthur wanted to find this statue of Michael Collins, based on a famous photo of when he eluded capture, riding his bike around Cork as if he was an accountant going about his business!
After our visit to the suprisingly interesting Cork Butter Museum, we stumbled across Widderling's Lane, which hosts an open air art gallery!
And to finish up our Cork City visit, a couple more shots of the River Lee!
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