Cork
a city in the S. of Ireland, capital of the county of Cork, situated on the river Lee. It is 15 miles from the sea, and besides an upper harbor at the city itself, and quays extending over 4 miles in length, there is a lower harbor at Queenstown, 11 miles below. Cork is the third city in Ireland, and exports great quantities of grain, butter, bacon, eggs, and live stock. The principal industries are tanning, distilling, brewing, and the making of tweeds and friezes.
There are also iron foundries and yards for the building of iron ships. The principal buildings are the Protestant and Roman Catholic cathedrals, exchange, custom house, chamber of commerce, court house, Queen's College, etc. There is a naval dockyard at Haulbow line, an island within Cork harbor. The city was the scene of disorders during the Sinn Fein uprising of 1920. The Lord Mayor, Terence McSwiney, was CORMORANT found guilty of treason, and, rerusing to eat while in prison, died of starvation.
Pop. about 100,000.