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Fun fact 1 about Cork

Cork City Hall01 2009-04-30
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Cork was originally a monastic settlement, reputedly founded by Saint Finbar in the sixth century.

Cork
Ireland
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Cork

Ireland

Country
Ireland
Population
222.3K
Coordinates
51.90, -8.48
776th most populous city in the world

Cork is the second-largest city in the Republic of Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the province of Munster and the third-largest on the island of Ireland. At the 2022 census, it had a population of 224,004.

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