cork city and county: walks & walking, tours and touring, in Ireland.

Lee Walks

Ballincollig Regional Park Park
Take a tour here

Located on the Southern Banks Of the River Lee, in close proximity to the town of Ballincollig, the Park extends over a 130 acre site and includes 18th & 19th century buildings. It is mostly woodland along various water ways and with the choice of routes given one can plan for short or longer walks/jogs.
Along the River Lee and it's Lakes there are many other locations well worth a visit such as "Inniscarra Lake","Farran Woods" and "the Woods in by Canon's Cross".

Tour Of Cork City

A signposted walking tour of Cork City .The walk is divided into route - one and route - two, each taking about an hour and a quarter. Route - one covers the flat, modern city centre area built from 1750 onwards. Route - two takes you through the old medieval city from the southern to the nothern hill. A small guide book is available through the local tourist office which adds to the adventure of following the special trail signposts.

Skoving Guide

Walks Around CorkVincent Godsil ..By

Where the art of leisure walking is best described as "skoving", this book is an informative guide to many skoves.
Written by Vincent Godsil and Published by The Collins Press, Carey's Lane, Cork.
The walks are all within 25 miles of the city, and each walk tells a story - many tell the history of the area and there are also some poems to help you along your way.

Sample of Routes

Within Cork City North Side Skove Lanes, Paths and Parks (a) Lanes, Paths and Parks (b) A Pleasant River Skove Blackrock Village Skove Over the Bridges (a) Over the Bridges (b) Village Skove at Douglas	Miles 3.5 4 3 6 5 4 4 3	Time 1.5hrs. 1.75hrs. 2hrs. 3hrs. 2.25hrs. 2hrs. 2hrs. 1.5hrs.

Within 10 miles The Mahon Peninsula The Bohareen Skove Song Bird Skove The Pike Family Skove Leader's Folly	Miles 3 6 5 3 4.75	Time 1.5hrs 3hrs 2hrs 1.5hrs 3hrs

Blarney

Walks Around Blarney

The River Martin: This is a river roadside walk which features woodland and the remains of some old mill ponds and a canal.This walk will take you as far as Waterloo Round Tower about 3km from Blarney.You can return via a new walk alongside the Cork-Limerick road which meets with the station road, and on to the village.

Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: This is a particularly beautiful walk along an alkaline wetland which covers approximately 100 acres of what used to be a deep lake which remained after the ice age.
The entrance to this walk is just off the N20 on theoutskirts of Blarney Village. Car parking and picnic facilities are available at either end of the walk.

Also, Blarney Village and Blarney Castle Estate are very popular walkabouts.