A city of culture, heritage and sport Creativity is part of Cork’s DN A. It has always been a place of explorers and thinkers, writers and poets, musicians and artists. Cork’s vibrant artistic community is evident on our streets, in our galleries and on our stages throughout the year as part of ongoing cultural programmes or as part of a festival or event. It is this public cultural face, that projects the unique essence of Cork to the region, the nation and to the world and fills citizens with a sense of pride of place. Throughout Cork, old and new landmark buildings are the focus of our cultural heritage, which is alive in our libraries, museums, theatres, art centres, music and dance academies and through a range of activities from opera to street art. Cork City has several parks, a golf course, playgrounds, accessible river, open spaces and an urban lake, The Lough, where a huge variety of wildlife and bird population have made their home. Cycle and walkways along old railway lines in the city provide incredible views of the harbour and of Blackrock Castle. Our amenity parks, in particular, Tramore Valley Park, provides walkways and trails, an all-weather events/amenity area, a grass pitch, outdoor gym, a sports pavilion, a wetlands area, and a raised dome area, giving fantastic panoramic views of the city, east and west. Cork has a distinguished and well established tradition of sporting life hosting excellent sporting facilities and Cork City Marathon. Huge pride can be found in our GAA camogie, hurling and football teams and in our soccer team Cork City FC. Cork has also given many great rugby players to Munster and Ireland over the years. Irish Club Hockey is prevalent with Cork Harlequins, UCC and Church of Ireland as strong forces. Cork is home to all the mainstream sports as well as cricket, basketball, rowing, road bowling and even American football to name just a few.
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