Are there toilets available?

Yes, there are toilets, accessible toilets and baby changing facilities.

Is Cork City Gaol baby friendly?

Yes, there are baby changing facilities.

Is there food available to buy?

Cork City Gaol has not told us about their dining options.

Is Cork City Gaol wheelchair friendly?

Yes, Cork City Gaol is wheelchair friendly and has accessible toilets.

Is Cork City Gaol pushchair friendly?

No, Cork City Gaol have stated they are not pushchair friendly.

Cork City Gaol has not told us if they are dog friendly.

Cork City Gaol | Day Out With The Kids

About Cork City Gaol

Cork City Gaol will take you and the kids back in time as you enter this atmospheric building full of cells with lifelike inmate and even historic graffiti on the walls.

You will be able to discover different periods in Irish history, from the days before the famine, to the foundation of the state. There is an excellent audiovisual display, with information about 19th century social history, contrasting lifestyles, and the reasons why some people became criminals. Some of them even ended up in Australia!

Discover the different crimes that people were imprisoned for, the rules and regulations of the prison, including the Treadwheel, which was a form of punishment! Learn about the spectacular escape from the Women's Gaol in 1923, the prison school, plus details of some of the prison's more famous inmates.