Cork Car Hire - Car Hire in Cork City

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With a major International Airport just south of Cork City, getting to County Cork could not be easier. Fishing, golf, horse riding, biking, hiking and an endless variety of all season activities are just a few minutes walk or a short drive from your accomodation.

Getting to Cork
Cork’s international airport services flights from European destinations and is the only international airport in Southern Eire. Regional flights are regular to all major destinations in the Republic of Ireland and several destinations in Northern Ireland. Buses run to and from the city centre approximately every half hour from 7am to 12am. Taxis are also available.

Bus Eireann, the national bus network, has frequent services to all local and major centres, departing from the central bus terminal.

Where do I pick up my hire car in Cork?
You can pick up your car in Cork at the following location:

1 Doughcloyne Ind Est,
Sarsfield Road,
Wilton,
Cork

Argus provides you with top class quality and service, every time. Get an instant quote for hiring a car in Cork airport using our booking service on the right of this page.

Cork - European Capital of Culture 2005 - Top 5 things to do in Cork City

1. When in Cork - Kiss the Blarney Stone.
It is the one thing everyone more or less has to do when in Cork. Blarney Castle, just outside the city limits and set in superb parkland, is easily accessible by private or public transport. Which is more than can be said of the stone which confers loquacity or "the gift of the gab" on all who salute it.

2. Climb the bell tower at Shandon Cork.
The bell tower of St. Ann's, Shandon, which dominates the skyline on the north side of the Lee with its golden salmon weathervane floating proudly over the city. There can be no better way to introduce yourself to Cork city than to ascend the tower and play the superb carillion of bells hanging there. At any time of the day you can hear melodies carried on the breeze across the city as each individual bell gives out its distinctive note.

3. Shop for bargains at Cork's Coal Quay.
For centuries this has been the outdoor trading area in Cork city, right back to the days when merchant vessels moored at the banks alongside and unloaded their cargoes. It has always been a predominantly female commercial centre run by women who passed their stalls down from generation to generation and until recent decades proudly wore the traditional all-enveloping black shawl which earned them the familiar sobriquet of "shawlies". It's a must see for any visit to Cork city.

4. Go To Cork Jail.
The Old City Gaol, now a hugely popular heritage centre, has an atmosphere you could cut with a knife. From the moment you step through the forbiddingly high gateway and see furtive twisted figures half-hidden in the dim gloom, you seem to have returned to Victorian times, when stealing a loaf of bread could mean transportation, and poaching a deer, could mean death.

5. Shop in Cork's English Market.
Dating from the mid-19th century, this superb example of a Victorian indoor market is so-called because originally only the reliable, loyal English settlers were allowed to trade here, while the native Irish were kept strictly outside the city walls. Today, you'll find French cheeses, Italian pasta, Greek olives and Indian spices cheek by jowl with local organic produce, meats, buttered eggs, and fish straight from the trawler.