East Cork

East Cork has a character all of its own. Rich plains, clean and unspoiled sandy beaches, historic towns and heritage centres, rocky bays and dramatic coastal cliff walks and scenery, forested landscapes and walks, less crowds, more peace and quiet. There are small towns and villages, castles, ruined monasteries, a living cathedral in Cobh, a beautifully preserved round tower at Cloyne, a unique coastal bird sanctuary and at Fota a unique Wildlife Park. This is ideal cycling country, and motoring country - and of course the perfect place to be afloat. In East Cork there are still undiscovered places and secret sandy bays for you to discover and explore.
For the best Accommodation choice in Ireland visit EAST CORK. Quality hotels, ranging from 2 star to 5 star, Luxury guesthouses, B&B's, Self catering and Hostels are all available for visitors seeking a special Irish holiday.

Activities in East Cork include some of the best golf in Ireland, walks, cycling, deep-sea and river angling, sailing, water sports and sea adventures taking in whale watching and amazing wreck diving. For family fun we have an amazing wildlife park, a holiday village, and a huge variety of family friendly activities & entertainment.

Attractions to visit on your vacation to east Cork can include an excursion to one of our cultural & heritage centres in Midleton, Cobh or Youghal, or a stopover to see a historic site, museum, craft centre or garden.
Enjoy your holiday or mini break to this exceptional region in South West Ireland!
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Eddie English Blog

18 January 2012

Why did the Costa Concordia sink?

 The town of Cobh has been a port of call for ocean liners for over 150 years - now about 60 liners visit Cork Harbour each year- we all love the liners!  Everybody in the maritime community was shocked last Friday night with the news of the grounding of the massive Italian cruise liner the Costa Concordia. I spent the weekend trawling the web to try to find out what really happened - this blog is the tragic story of the last voyage of the Costa Concordia on  Friday the 13th of January 2012.

sinking of costa concordia

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