A small riverside park in Midleton whose centrepiece, Kindred Spirits, is a powerful sculpture of nine stainless-steel eagle feathers honouring the Choctaw Nation's 1847 famine gift to Ireland.
Nine 6.1 m (20 ft) stainless-steel eagle feathers, no two alike, stand in a circle shaped like a bowl of food. Created by Alex Pentek and installed in 2015, it commemorates the $170 the Choctaw Nation sent to starving Irish during the Great Famine, despite their own Trail of Tears hardships. It was dedicated in June 2017 by Choctaw Chief Gary Batton and is visible from the Cork–Waterford N25 road.
Bailick Park itself is a compact green space on the Owenacurra River with mown paths, benches and trees — an easy five-minute circuit that suits families and dog walkers. The river mudbanks sit at the park's edge.
From Midleton Main Street, head south to the Owenacurra River, cross the bridge and continue along Bailick Road; the park is on your left. It is about a 15-minute walk from Midleton train station (Cork–Midleton line), or a short hop on bus 261 from Cork.
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