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County Cork

county in Ireland
AdministrativeArea county_of_ireland Q162475
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Summary

County Cork is a county of Ireland[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of county of ireland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,566 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Munster[3]
  • Country: Ireland[4]
  • Capital: Cork[5]
  • Official language: Irish[6], English[7]
  • Shares border with: County Kerry[8], County Limerick[9], County Tipperary[10], County Waterford[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Cork City North-West[12], Cork City North-East[13], Cork City North-Central[14], Cork City South-East[15], Cork City South-Central[16], Cork City South-West[17], Fermoy[18], Kanturk–Mallow[19], Ballincollig–Carrigaline[20], Cobh[21], East Cork[22], Bandon–Kinsale[23], Blarney–Macroom[24], West Cork[25]
  • Legislative body: legislative body of Cork County Council[26]
  • Executive body: office of the Mayor of County Cork[27]
  • Commons category: County Cork[28]
  • Licence plate code: C[29]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[30]
  • Official website: https://www.corkcoco.ie/[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:County Cork[32]
  • Commons gallery: County Cork[33]
  • Population: 542,196[34]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of County Cork[35]
  • Described by source: The American Cyclopædia[36]
  • Topic has template: Template:County Cork[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in County Cork[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in County Cork[39]
  • Native label: County Cork[40], Contae Chorcaí[41]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in County Cork[42]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from County Cork[43]
  • Area: 7500 km²[44]
  • Related category: Category:County Cork-related lists[45]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for County Cork include corkite[46], a mineral species[47].

Why It Matters

County Cork has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for it include corkite[46], a mineral species[47].

Related Entities

Anne Bonny Cobh Cork Cork School of Architecture Fiona Shaw Ireland Mallow College of Further Education Peter Shaffer Tyndall National Institute

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from County Cork
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    Topic's main category → Category:County Cork
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