Cork Harbour (Irish: Cuan Chorcaí)[2] is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland. It is one of several which lay claim to the title of "second largest natural harbour in the world by navigational area" (after Port Jackson, Sydney).[3] Other contenders include Halifax Harbour in Canada, Trincomalee Harbour in Sri Lanka and Poole Harbour in England.
The harbour has been a working port and a strategic defensive hub for centuries, and it has been one of Ireland's major employment hubs since the early 1900s. Traditional heavy industries have waned since the late 20th century, with the likes of the closure of Irish Steel in Haulbowline and shipbuilding at Verolme. It still has strategic significance in energy generation, shipping, refining and pharmaceuticals development.[4]
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CorkHarbour (Irish: Cuan Chorcaí) is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland. It is one of several which...
of County Cork, Ireland. With a population of 14,418 inhabitants at the 2022 census, Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in CorkHarbour and home...
the west of the town of Bandon before draining into Kinsale Harbour on the south coast. Cork's sea loughs include Lough Hyne and Lough Mahon, and the county...
that the local ITGWU branch asked the CorkHarbour Board to make 70 shillings the wage for workers. The CorkHarbour Board resisted for months and by June...
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port facilities of the city and harbour were managed by the CorkHarbour Commissioners. Founded in 1814, the CorkHarbour Commissioners moved to the Custom...
(Irish: An tOileán Mór) is an island in CorkHarbour, at the mouth of the River Lee and close to the city of Cork, Ireland. The largest town on the island...
upper CorkHarbour and port, the site now houses an observatory, visitor centre and restaurant. In the late 16th century, the citizens of Cork appealed...
(Irish: Bun an Tábhairne) is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located in lower CorkHarbour at the mouth of the River Owenabue, across from Currabinny...
a surviving magazine at Camden Fort Meagher, part of the defences of CorkHarbour. Rocky Island, midway between the mainland and Haulbowline Island (which...
village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of CorkHarbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres (9 mi) from Cork city, to which it...
Haulbowline (Irish: Inis Sionnach; Old Norse: Ál-boling) is an island in CorkHarbour off the coast of Ireland. The world's first yacht club was founded on...
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a smaller number of substantial sea inlets, such as Lough Foyle and CorkHarbour; no part of the land is more than around 110 km (68 mi) from the sea...
Russia. The predecessor of the present-day Royal Cork Yacht Club was the "Water Club of the Harbour of Cork". It was established in 1720 by William O'Brien...
city centre is built, then passing through CorkHarbour on the south coast, one of the largest natural harbours in the world, to empty into the Celtic Sea...
(1907). "The Martello Towers of CorkHarbour". Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. XIII. Cork Historical and Archaeological Society:...
in steel production primarily from a plant on Haulbowline island in CorkHarbour. Originally founded in 1939, the company and its assets were sold to...
Thiar) is a port town in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the west bank of CorkHarbour, some 10 km south-east of Cork city. Passage West was designated...
was cornered. Captain Spindler allowed his ship to be escorted towards CorkHarbour, in the company of the Acacia-class sloop HMS Bluebell. The German crew...
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blueway was examined. The CorkHarbour Greenway runs from Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium to Passage West, along the route of the former Cork Electric Tramways and...
the three treaty ports (CorkHarbour, Bere Haven and Lough Swilly). Consequently, the Royal Navy withdrew from CorkHarbour in July 1938. Fort Rannoch...
declined after the Royal Navy moved its victualling centre from Kinsale to Corkharbour in 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars in the period of France's First Empire...
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