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Cork City Ramble: Guided Walking Tour Highlighting Diverse Irish History
4.8
241 Ratings
Cork
This enlightening stroll through Cork City Centre showcases the rich, varied, and engaging past of Ireland’s secondary metropolis. It shines a light on the port, mercantile and societal narratives intrinsic to Cork. The tour is led by local experts who share unique perspectives and tales that conventional guide books overlook!
This enlightening stroll through Cork City Centre showcases the rich, varied, and engaging past of Ireland’s secondary metropolis. It shines a light on the port, mercantile and societal narratives intrinsic to Cork. The tour is led by local experts who share unique perspectives and tales that conventional guide books overlook!
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Cork City Tourist Information Centre - Guide will meet you here and introduce themselves and update you on health and safety and content of the tour
- St Patrick Street - See the meandering route of the Main Street and the remaining boathouse entrances
- Opera Lane - Walk along Cork’s newest street and plan what shops to visit in your free…
- Cork City Tourist Information Centre - Guide will meet you here and introduce themselves and update you on health and safety and content of the tour
- St Patrick Street - See the meandering route of the Main Street and the remaining boathouse entrances
- Opera Lane - Walk along Cork’s newest street and plan what shops to visit in your free time !
- Crawford Art Gallery - Learn of the fascinating emergence of Corks most renowned gallery and its amazing exhibits
- Rory Gallagher Place - Cork City - Visit the Rory Gallagher Memorial and hear of the great performers connections to Cork and his musical achievements
- Huguenot Cemetery - Hear the story of the arrival of the Huguenots to Cork and their subsequent influence and impact on the commercial and political life of Cork
- Coal Quay Market - Learn about the past importance of this once maritime marketplace
- Grand Parade - Stroll along this resplendent street learning about the Berwick fountain, Bishop Lucey Park and Grand Lodge of Tuckey Street
- Nano Nagle Bridge - Learn the moving story of the pioneering achievements of Nano Nagle at the first bridge in Cork city named after a woman. See the locations of the nearby Fortress and Cathedral
- South Mall - Learn of the commercial importance of this business street and see more examples of the boathouse entrances. See the war memorial and the National memorial
- The English Market - Tour concludes outside the main entrance to the English Market, learn about the origin and operation of the market, Queen Elizabeth visit and the amazing array of foodstuffs and traditional fare in this vibrant market.
What's Included
- All Fees and Taxes
- All Fees and Taxes
Location
125 St Patrick's St
Saint Patrick's Street
FÃ ilte Ireland Tourist information Office on the corner of Patrick Street directly opposite the famous Fr. Matthew Statue near St Patrick's Bridge. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to departure time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(241 Ratings)
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Chris_g
Nov 3, 2025
Excellent tour, extremely... - Excellent tour, extremely knowledgeable guide!! Tour was scheduled for 75 mins, went for an additional 20 mins due to the enthusiasm of our guide!!!
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Katie_c
Oct 17, 2025
Wonderful Experience - Great tour of Cork City. Aidean was an excellent tour guide. She introduced us to highlights of the city and included lots of local and regional history. She told us interesting and sometimes comical anecdotes while answering all of our questions. Enjoyed ending at the English market where we sampled some delicious and fresh food. Thanks Aidean for a wonderful experience.
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Dale
Oct 8, 2025
Knowledge, experience and relaxing pace - We started early with our group meet at the downtown Cork Tourist Info Center, with Eddie our tour guide. The pace was perfect for one of our group, who was on a cane.
Eddie was a delightful font of city history, knowledge, and suggestions. Easily took questions, answered each, and solicited additional follow-up questions, before moving on to the next location and point of interest.
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Michaelseanso
Oct 8, 2025
Engaging and delightfully informative! - Our guide was brilliant with a deep and broad knowledge of local history. Chock full of engaging stories and information! I highly recommend this walking tour.
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Ronald_t
Oct 6, 2025
Edie provided a fabulous... - Edie provided a fabulous tour of Cork. He was knowledgeable, well spoken and engaging. You can tell he enjoys sharing information about his town.
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Dan_h
Oct 4, 2025
Noel perseveres in the rain. - The Cork city ramble was a nice concise walking tour of city center. Our guide, Noel, gave us great information in less than ideal conditions - it rained and was windy the entire tour. But that's Ireland.
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Rosaleenm321
Oct 2, 2025
Great tour of Cork - We, a ladles social group from Cork heard excellent reviews about this walking tour and decided to do it . Even as natives of Cork we thoroughly enjoyed it and learned so much about the city . We divided into 2 groups and our guides were superb . Noel and Eddie were so knowledgeable and had such fabulous interesting information on Cork . Their historical knowledge of the city was very interesting. The guides were patient and didn’t rush the tour, taking time to answer any questions we had We could hear them perfectly as they had microphones. . We would highly recommend this tour to visitors and Corkonians alike . The feedback from the group was of a very positive enjoyable tour and the guides were extremely nice and knowledgeable.
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Andrew
Oct 2, 2025
Best walking tour ever. - Excellent guide, enthusiastic, knowledgeable and personable. An excellent experience. She also gave us a fabulous restaurant recommendation.
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Laurensc3293dz
Sep 29, 2025
Perfect Introduction to Cork - I always do walking tours when I visit a new city abroad and I have to say both my walking tours in Ireland were excellent. Our guide in Cork was Gerard (apologies if improper spelling!) and he was great - knowledgeable and personable. The tour was a perfect length and took us to both larger and smaller attractions in the main city center. Learned lots of history and had a great time.
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Thomasina_f
Oct 21, 2025
Some Insight to Cork - Very pleasant tour director. Didn’t always seem to flow- information jumped about a bit. Was not an ideal day as it was raining constantly which no doubt effected the whole process.
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