Clonakilty: Black Pudding and Michael Collins
Cork, Ireland
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Clonakilty: Black Pudding and Michael Collins
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Clonakilty is known for its black pudding, which began in Edward Twomey's butcher's shop on Pearse Street. Michael Collins lived in the town and went to the boys' national school here; a statue of him was put up in Emmet Square in 2002, and the house where he lived is a museum, opened in 2016. In Asna Square a statue remembers the Battle of the Big Cross in 1798, and just south of the town is Inchydoney, where in 1642 some six hundred fleeing rebels drowned when the tide came in.
Required Activities
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of 5
Buy Clonakilty black pudding in the town where it began
2
of 5
Go into the Michael Collins House museum on Emmet Square
3
of 5
Find the Big Cross memorial in Asna Square
4
of 5
Walk Inchydoney beach and find out what happened there in 1642
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of 5
Cook black pudding at your pitch
Buy Clonakilty black pudding in the town where it began
Go into the Michael Collins House museum on Emmet Square
Find the Big Cross memorial in Asna Square
Walk Inchydoney beach and find out what happened there in 1642
Cook black pudding at your pitch
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