Plan of Cork 1545 (Coloured)

Viking Cork

The Viking settlement in Cork was on the south island near the South Gate Bridge, and on the south bank of the Lee, near Cove Street. They built a small town here.

We do not have a map from Viking times but we can see how big Viking Cork was from looking at the next map.

This location of the Viking settlement is shown here highlighted in purple on the plan of Cork from 1545.