Little Bit About Cork

So when I came to Cork all I really knew was that it was the second largest city in the Republic and the people were supposed to be "the friendliest in all of Ireland." Having not travelled everywhere in the country, I can't verify this is true but the people are very friendly.

Example: I was in the 2 Euro and below store to shop for apartment supplies. I was standing in front of the hand soap section and my arms were pretty full with paper towels, dishwashing soap and sponges. A local made a comment to me that I wouldn't be able to carry anything else and I laughed and said "yeah but I need soap." The gentleman made his recommendation to me and left the section. There was an older woman who was standing there during this conversation. She went up to the front of the store, found a basket, brought it back to me, made me put all my stuff in it while she held it and just said "take it" and patted me on the shoulder. While walking home that day, another man came up to me and started talking about "how the weather looked troublesome." I had never heard weather described with that adjective before, but I had to agree that it fit.

Cork has a few other fun aspects in addition to the friendly people.

1. According to wikipedia, it is one of Ireland's sunniest cities with 3.8 hrs of sunshine a day.

2. It is nicknamed the "rebel county" due to the town's support of the English Pretender Perkin Warbeck in 1491 following the War of the Roses.

3. The big drinks are Murphey's Stout and Beamish Stout.

4. The Cork Gaelic football team is playing in the Championships this Sunday. They haven't won in twenty years.

5. The city colors are red and white and are everywhere right now due to the team being in the championship.

6. It has a butter museum in honor of the importance butter has played in it's economy. I hear it is free on Fridays and I will be going because really, where else has a butter museum?