Welcome to Blackpool

Blackpool is a suburb of Cork City, situated on the North of the city on the road to Mallow. For the purposes of this website it incorporates nearby suburbs - Mayfield and The Glen.

This area of the city is proudly known to be working-class and has been home to such people as former Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, Roy Keane (Irish soccer player) and Christy Ring (widely regarded as the best hurler of all time). Blackpool now has a large shopping centre.

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News from The Irish Examiner

Mandate calls for retail wage increase

A union representing 40,000 retail and bar workers wants its members to be paid a minimum of €15 per hour — more than 50% higher than the national minimum wage.

Publish: Tuesday 24th April 1:00pm

Tale of Irish prisoners’ stomach footballs is judged off side

Tens of thousands of US children have been exposed to the bizarre claim that footballs were once produced from the stomach tissue of executed Irish prisoners.

Publish: Tuesday 24th April 1:00pm

Plea for bypass as town faces years of gridlock

A North Cork town faces gridlock for several years to come as there are no plans to provide a bypass in advance of the construction of a Cork-Limerick motorway.

Publish: Tuesday 24th April 1:00pm

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