Editing County Cork (section)

==Places of interest==
Tourist sites include the [[Blarney Stone]] at [[Blarney Castle]], [[Blarney]].<ref name="corkman2013">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/fota-and-blarney-are-corks-top-attractions-29464393.html |publisher=Independent News & Media |work=The Corkman |title=Fota and Blarney are Cork's top attractions |date=8 August 2013 |access-date=8 August 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808201820/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/fota-and-blarney-are-corks-top-attractions-29464393.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The port of [[Cobh]] in County Cork was the point of embarkation for many Irish [[emigrants]] travelling to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States. Cobh (at the time named 'Queenstown') was the last stop of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] before it departed on its fated journey.

[[Fota Wildlife Park]], on [[Fota Island]], is also a tourist attraction.<ref name="corkman2013"/> Nearby is [[Fota House and Gardens]] and the [[Fota Island#Fota Island Resort|Fota Golf Club and Resort]]; a [[European Tour]] standard golf course which hosted the [[Irish Open (golf)|Irish Open]] in 2001, 2002 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/dubai-duty-free-irish-open-2020/history |website=European Tour |access-date=25 October 2022 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025211929/https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/dubai-duty-free-irish-open-2020/history |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[West Cork]] is known for its rugged natural environment, beaches and social atmosphere, and is a common destination for British, German, French and Dutch tourists. {{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

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File:Gougane Barra.jpg|[[Finbarr of Cork|St Finbar's]] church, [[Gougane Barra]]. 6th century site
File:CorkStFinbarrsCathedral.jpg|[[Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral]], Cork city. Founded in 1879 on a 7th-century site{{sfn|Bracken|Riain-Raedel|2006|p=47}}
File:Timoleague Friary.jpg|[[Timoleague Friary]], West Cork. Founded 1240<ref>"Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Celtic studies, history, linguistics and literature". The Academy, 1970. p. 93</ref>
File:KilcreaFriary.JPG|[[Kilcrea Friary]], mid-Cork. Founded 1465{{sfn|Keohane|2020|p=451}}
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