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Explore Cork, Ireland, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past The English Market, St Fin Barre's Cathedral and Shandon Bell Tower on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

15 live tours From 18,00 €

Explore Cork live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Shandon is worth asking about: a hillside quarter north of the river, home to the bell tower of St Anne's.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • The English Market A covered Victorian food market trading continuously since 1788.
  • St Fin Barre's Cathedral A 19th-century Gothic Revival cathedral with three spires, on the site of a 7th-century monastery.
  • Shandon Bell Tower An 18th-century church tower faced in two different stone colours, with bells visitors can ring themselves.
  • Cork City Gaol A 19th-century former prison, now restored as a museum.
  • Elizabeth Fort A 17th-century star-shaped fort overlooking the city centre.
  • Crawford Art Gallery Housed in a former 18th-century customs house.
  • Cork Opera House A modern theatre standing on the site of an earlier one destroyed by fire in 1955.
  • Cork City Hall Built in the 1930s to replace an earlier building burned down in 1920.

Neighbourhoods

  • Shandon a hillside quarter north of the river, home to the bell tower of St Anne's
  • Sunday's Well Georgian terraces set above the north channel of the Lee
  • City Centre Island the flat centre between the river's two channels, home to Patrick Street and the English Market

Food to know

  • Cork spiced beef
  • Drisheen
  • Tripe and onions
  • Crubeens
  • Farmhouse cheese from the English Market

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Good to know about Cork

Do I need to be in Cork to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Cork, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer English, French and Spanish; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.