Parks in Co. Cork
6 places
1.Doneraile Wildlife Park
160 hectares of parkland with three deer species
A 160-hectare Capability Brown landscape on the River Awbeg, where Georgian Doneraile Court looks out over old groves, cascades and free-roaming deer. The parklands are free to enter all year.
- Highlights
- 160 hectares of Capability Brown parkland, free to enter
- Georgian Doneraile Court, home of the St Leger family for 300 years
- Red, fallow and sika deer plus Kerry cattle
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
2.Fitzgerald Park
free riverside park with its own museum
A free riverside park on the Mardyke, with formal gardens, a large fountain and Cork Public Museum at its heart — an easy 15-minute walk from the city centre.
- Highlights
- Free entry to park and museum
- Sky Garden that won Chelsea gold in 2011
- Rory Gallagher display in the museum
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
3.Farran Forest Park(Páirc Foraoise an Fhearainn)
deer, ziplines and lakeside forest trails
A small forest park on the southern shore of Inniscarra Lake, with free woodland trails, a red- and fallow-deer enclosure and one of Munster's biggest zipline courses. Created in the 1950s when farmland was flooded for the Inniscarra hydroelectric station, it's 20 km west of Cork city off the N22.
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Dog-friendly · Wheelchair access
4.Green Park, Youghal
Victorian seaside park with a c.1900 bandstand
A Victorian seaside park on the Blackwater estuary, Green Park — known locally as the '98 Memorial Park — holds a c.1900 bandstand and fountain, a 1798 memorial and a new covered events pavilion, between Youghal's town centre and its beach.
- Highlights
- Victorian cast-iron bandstand and fountain (c.1900)
- Rev. Peter O'Neill 1798 memorial statue
- New covered performance pavilion
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Dog-friendly · Wheelchair access
5.Bailick Park
Nine eagle feathers honouring Choctaw famine aid
Bailick Park is a small riverside public park in Midleton best known for "Kindred Spirits", a towering memorial of nine stainless-steel eagle feathers shaped into an empty bowl, honouring the Choctaw Nation's famine-relief gift to Ireland.
- Highlights
- Nine 20-foot stainless-steel eagle feathers arranged as a bowl
- Honours the Choctaw Nation's $170 gift to Irish famine relief in 1847
- Quiet riverside park with footpaths, benches and trees
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Dog-friendly · Wheelchair access
6.Mallow Town Park
84 acres of riverside park with white deer
Mallow Town Park is the green heart of north Cork: a free riverside park on the Blackwater that links into Mallow Castle's grounds as one 84-acre amenity, home to a herd of white fallow deer.
- Highlights
- White (leucistic) fallow deer in the castle grounds
- Over 5 km of flat riverside pathways
- Free, open 24 hours
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access