Cork City's "English Market" "The English Market" in Cork City is an amazing shopping destination and, even more, an interesting cultural.

Ireland's best food market dates from a charter of James I in 1610. The present building, finished in 1786, was damaged by fire in 1980 and then brilliantly refurbished. Inside food stands brim with meats, fish, vegetables, and fruit, and you'll also see such traditional Cork foods as hot buttered eggs, tripe (animal stomach), crubeens (pigs' feet), and drisheens (local blood sausage). The market's name is a holdover from the days of English rule.

Hours

Mon-Sat 9am-6pm  
  
Location

Grand Parade; enter from Patrick St., Grand Parade, Oliver Plunkett St., or Princes St., Cork, County Cork  
  
Prices

Free admission