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Cork with Kids

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Surroundedbyspies · 15/01/2025 11:31

Hi!

Am looking at potentially taking DCs to Cork in Feb half term - two boys aged 13 and 11 - neither overly keen on walking around but will do if I make them 😉

Just wondering what budget friendly activities there are to help fulfil our days there? I don't drive so will be relying on pubic transport etc looking like we'll arrive late Monday evening and departure flight will be Friday evening.

Any suggestion would be appreciated ❤ Thanks in advance

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mathanxiety · 17/01/2025 16:32

mollymillymummy · 16/01/2025 21:13

If you're looking for a city break I can totally recommend Gdansk for families with kids. Absolutely brilliant city, safe, historic, lots to see and do and great public transport links.

Further to my comments about Cork I'd like to add I was there for 6 nights last autumn and it was really awful on the drug front. I saw people openly using in the street in broad daylight. One lady in a shop doorway sniffing canisters of God knows what completely off her tits. And some chap shooting up down an ally. I was very thankful that we didn't have our kids with us on that trip. This is not something I'm used to seeing and cannot brush it off lightly.

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Agree about Gdansk and also that Cork is dire.

Dublin would be nicer, but February is quite dreary there. Gdansk might have snow at least...

Berlin is also a lovely city for a break.

mollymillymummy · 17/01/2025 19:15

Berlin is also a brilliant destination. We've taken the children there when they were smaller and as teens and it has lots to offer. Another couple of suggestions would be Lubeck and Vienna.

VonHally · 17/01/2025 19:32

Berlinlover · 17/01/2025 14:46

I go to the Mater hospital which is in the city centre. I get the train to Heuston station, the Luas to Abbey Street and walk the fifteen minutes to the Mater hospital. I know exactly what the city centre is like and it’s an absolute shithole.

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As I said, on the Northside and not quite the city centre at all. Get the bus to take you through the Badlands, it's safer if you don't like walking through shit holes. You would have a better experience on the DART to Vincents! But I hope your treatment goes well and you will be OK.

KittytheHare · 18/01/2025 18:57

Berlinlover · 17/01/2025 14:46

I go to the Mater hospital which is in the city centre. I get the train to Heuston station, the Luas to Abbey Street and walk the fifteen minutes to the Mater hospital. I know exactly what the city centre is like and it’s an absolute shithole.

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That’s what I suspected when I read your initial post. You’re seeing some of the absolute worst parts of the city. Trying venturing across the Liffey to the south side and the absolutely stunning areas it encapsulates.
I go to Dublin on a very regular basis. Heuston Station yo the Mater is as tough as it gets. I was in college in Dublin from 1986 to 1990 and lived in that area. If anything it was worse then.

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