# The best things to do in Cork

The English Market, Shandon bells and the old gaol: Cork city's best sights according to Discover Ireland and local guides.

- 101 votes · 12 items
- Feb 20, 2026 · Eoin Q.
- https://even.best/en/l/2267/the-best-things-to-do-in-cork

## Top 12

1. **The English Market** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Covered food market trading since 1788.
2. **Crawford Art Gallery** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Free gallery next to the Opera House.
3. **Cork City Gaol** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Nineteenth-century prison with wax-figure cells.
4. **St Fin Barre's Cathedral** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Gothic Revival with the 1690 cannonball.
5. **University College Cork** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — The Quad and the Ogham stones.
6. **Elizabeth Fort** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Star-shaped fort with walls you can walk.
7. **Blackrock Castle Observatory** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Castle and observatory on the River Lee.
8. **Shandon Bells & Tower** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Ring the bells of St Anne's Church yourself.
9. **Fitzgerald Park and Cork Public Museum** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Riverside park with the city museum.
10. **Butter Museum** (1 · ▲6 ▼5) — The story of Cork's butter exchange.
11. **Cobh** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — Titanic's last port of call, a short train ride away.
12. **Spike Island** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Fortress island in Cork Harbour, by ferry from Cobh.

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