Elizabeth Fort — Attraction in Cork

Exploring on my own , strolling the bustling city of cork - I decided to pop into Elizabeth’s Fort. My advise is to park your car and explore by feet. E.F is on a slight incline and the stroll around is elevated overlooking the city. I visited i during the winter early March - a few persons were there but not obstructing my explore on my own time. I was able to move around reading and viewing the scene. The Italian girl member was the friendliest kindest welcome personality. Explaining the grounds history and sharing the options free or paying for audio. I spent sometime walking around . There are steps around the medieval star shape building wear comfy shoes , phone straps not to lose it from butter fingers and enjoy. There is a small museum at the end and leave the torture room at the left entrance for last oooo creepy (of claustrophobic you may feel a tad queasy) lots...

Free - national monument recently taken over by the Cork city council. There isn't a whole lot here, but it's a well preserved example of the walls of a 17th century star fort. Located near the city centre, it was our alternative to the expensive (boat ride required) Spike Island, or the moderately priced Camden Fort Meagher (located further south).

There are only a couple of displays, and a few diagrams without explanation. However, the plaques that are there give a good overview of the history, and the fort's position on a hill in the middle of the city gives it great vantages of about 2/3 of the skyline. The council has just converted 2 of the dwelling units in the fort to guest accommodations (completed in Jan 2019), and may do another 2 if their experiment is successful.

All in all, a nice quiet stop after a long day driving/at...

Went there on the second week of February 2022, this was a quiet time because of cold weather and that was on weekdays. No public car park, I just parked my car at the corner of the small road behind the fort. Parking paid through phone number display on the Parking sign. But it was hard to going though the phone line. We had a quick visit the Fort (about 15 minutes) with very friendly welcome receptionist, she explained everything and gave my sons some stickers. It was no fee of charge. And just one round up the the top of the Fort, from there you can seen almost Cork City and best church viewing from the top corner. They also have a museum at the ground floor but I did not enter there because just I feel a bit worrying about my car parking. Everything was fine and I could say it is worth a visit, well...