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Cork Public Museum

Cork Public Museum, a museum in Ireland
Cork Public Museum, a museum in IrelandBjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cork Public Museum, a museum in Ireland
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Cork Public Museum, a museum in Ireland
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Cork Public Museum, a museum in Ireland
Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cork Public Museum, a museum in Ireland
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Cork Public Museum, a museum in Ireland
Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Cork Public Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Musheramore stands 643 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Éamon De Valera, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 13 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Cork Public Museum (Irish: Músaem Poiblí Chorcaí) is a city museum in Cork, Ireland. Housed in a mid-19th-century building within Fitzgerald Park in the Mardyke area of the city, the museum's exhibits focus mainly on the history and archaeology of the Cork area.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1910.

Wikidata Q24041450, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates51.89628, -8.49448

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fitzgerald's Park: 0.1 mi
  • President's Garden: 0.2 mi
  • St Peter's Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cork Lough: 0.7 mi
  • Gerry O'Sullivan Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Springs
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 44
Peaks: 35
  • Grange Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Bottle Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Lyradane Mountain: 11.2 mi
  • Rock Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Devonshire's Hill: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 30
Gardens: 21
Museums: 17
Picnic sites: 9
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Killeens End: 3.0 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Blarney End: 3.2 mi
  • Innishannon Woods: 11.7 mi
  • Rostellen Woods picnic area: 13.4 mi
  • Ballinadee Millenium Project: 14.0 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
  • Loughbeg Bird Reserve: 9.3 mi
  • Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 9.9 mi
  • Irish National Forestry Foundation: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Power’s Bridge: 14.1 mi
  • Mullinhassig Waterfall: 14.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cork Public Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MusheramoreWNW 292°642.7 m22.1 mi
MusherabegWNW 289°498.8 m23.0 mi
Seefin East TopWNW 297°491 m19.9 mi
SeefinWNW 296°491 m20.8 mi
Mount HillaryNW 315°444.1 m20.9 mi
Knockcraugh HillWNW 298°434 m18.4 mi
BurrenWNW 284°433 m18.1 mi
KnocknaskaghN 10°426.5 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0218:47
June solstice05:1521:0321:58
September equinox07:2018:5119:35
December solstice08:4015:2316:25

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/31310814

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