Places To Visit and Things to do in Cork City and County

The Ashley Hotel is the ideal base from which to explore Cork City and its surrounding treasures, including Blarney, home to the world famous Blarney Stone in Blarney Castle, Kinsale, Fort Camden, Fota Wildlife Park, Cobh, the magnificence of West Cork, and of course Killarney and the Ring of Kerry.

Located among a golfer’s paradise, the Ashley Hotel is within easy reach of over a dozen courses including numerous championship golf courses, notably Fota Island, Muskerry, Lee Valley, Cork Golf club, Old Head of Kinsale, Water Rock and Blarney Golf Club.

2012 sees the centenary of RMS Titanic’s tragic maiden voyage, with its last port of call being Cobh (then Queenstown), County Cork, just a few miles down the coast from Cork city. Come join us to celebrate the many centenary events being organised by Titanic 100 Cobh 2012 throughout the year.

St. Patrick’s Quay

Within walking distance of the Ashley Hotel

• “The Four Faced Liar Clock” – Church of St. Anne Shandon, Church Street
• The English Market (Fine Foods)
• Cork City Gaol (Old City Jail)
• City Centre Entertainment
• City Centre Shopping
• City Limits – Cork Comedy Club
• Everyman Palace Theatre
• Cork Opera House
• Crawford Art Gallery
• Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral
• University College Cork
• Fitzgerald’s Park and Museum

Blarney Castle at Night

Within 5-20 kilometres of the Ashley Hotel

• Fota Wildlife Park
• Fota House, Arboretum and Gardens
• Titanic Trail – Cobh, the Queenstown Story
• The Jameson Experience, Midleton, County Cork
• Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills and Grounds, Co. Cork
• Blarney Castle and Gardens, County Cork
• Golf in Cork – A choice of 16 Golf Courses
• Atlantic Flight Training Academy (Flight School)
• The Charity Donkey Sanctuary, Liscarroll, Mallow, County Cork
• Charles Fort and James Fort, Kinsale, County Cork