Cork City is Ireland’s third city (after Dublin and Belfast) and has always been an important seaport. It began on an island in the swampy estuary of the River Lee (the name Corcaigh means a marsh), and gradually climbed up the steep banks on either side.
Today the river flows through Cork city in two main channels, so that you find yourself constantly crossing bridges.
As the hilly streets go up and down, so do the voices of the citizens. They have a characteristic sing-song cadence, beloved of national comedians, and Corkonians are regarded as the most talkative of all the Irish.
Muslims in Cork
There are a growing number of muslims in Cork. The muslims community came from various backgrounds from around the world. We seek to help each other, and also to work with non-Muslims in order to share with them Islamic knowledge and to build a harmonious community.
An effort is going on now to raise fund to build a new Cork Masjid.
University College Cork was originally established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges in Cork, Galway and Belfast. The university had seven faculties in Arts and Celtic Studies, Commerce, Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Law, Medicine, and Science. In recent years the University has re-organised so that it now has four colleges, Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Science; Business and Law; Medicine and Health; Science, Engineering and Food Science.
