The 14 Henrietta Street museum in Dublin was ranked as "the most underrated landmark in Ireland," but Cork made it into the top 10 as Spike Island in Cobh came in at 8th.

A tourism taskforce hopes to launch a unified marketing strategy promoting the Cork region abroad later this year.

And 50 minutes away is Cork, Ireland’s second-largest city. It is home to a 250-year-old marketplace, a 400-year-old fort, a brewery, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, and the Butter Museum.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has hailed the re-opening of a medieval castle following extensive conservation work as a major addition to the tourism offering in Cork. Mr Martin said Barryscourt ...

Fáilte Ireland has announced its shortlist of 10 towns around the country for the 2015 Tourism Towns Award. The shortlist of ‘highly commended towns’, which was revealed today at the National ...

Counties Cork, Galway and Kerry, followed Dublin on the list. These counties each attracted more than 1 million tourists in 2015. The lowest ranking counties were Offally, Roscommon and Longford.

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