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Cork

Cork (city)
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About Cork

Cork is the second-largest city in the Republic of Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the province of Munster and the third-largest on the island of Ireland. At the 2022 census, it had a population of 224,004.

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On the show — 10 mentions total

Ireland has one cable car. It takes people from Cork to Dursy Island, which is just off the coast of Cork — it's the only way of getting to the island. There was outcry a few years ago when it was announced that no longer was the cable car allowed to be used to transport cows.

from 324: No Such Thing As Mambo No. 2, 2020-06-05 at 00:35:27 · read transcript

Other times Cork came up

  1. Actually we were talking recently About people with place name surnames Oh yeah Matt Ireland He writes him with In Beckles in Suffolk The Church Tower only has three clocks On its four sides The reason was when it was built The people of Suffolk Didn't want the people of Norfolk To know the time of day That's so good Getting our time for free, those cheapskates. That's very good. It's funny, I think that Cork City is where they make Corks, and Matt Island is the entire island where they make Welcome Mats. Would you know what Cork Island, I've just quickly looked it up on the sly, what they are big producers of for the world.

    S2 Ep5: Little Fish: Now You Three Me, 2025-12-01 · listen

  2. That's so good. I'm getting our time for free, those cheapskates. That's very good. It's funny. I think that Cork City is where they make Cox and Matt Island is the entire island where they make welcome mats. Would you know what Corks? Island, I've just quickly looked it up on the sly, what they are big producers of for the world. Oh, the city of Cork. The city.

    Little Fish: Now You Three Me, 2025-12-01 · listen

  3. Then the giveaway happened when the bear suddenly yelled out, the devil take him, the guy has me persecuted. It turned out what happened and he yelled that in Irish. This guy understood because he was from Cork. It turns out that a man had been washed up in France and was sown into a bear suit of a real bear and was made to perform and was stuck inside.

    310: No Such Thing As A Mungmonger, 2020-02-28 · listen

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