Cork City with a population of 127,000, is Ireland's third city (after Dublin and Belfast) and has always been a student city since its' beginnings as a monastic settlement under St Finbarr. With its remarkable charm, shops, restaurants, bars and distinctive continental air the city of Cork will not fail to captivate and welcome all visitor's young and old.

Cork is especially well blessed when it comes to facilities for Education with the UCC and CIT both within easy walking distance of the city centre and Parchment Square. Also in the city centre itself are the Crawford Art College and Cork School of Music (both constituent colleges of the CIT). Added to this there are a large number of Colleges of Senior Education including Cork College of Commerce, St Johns College, and a large number of private secretarial colleges amongst others. All of these combine to give Cork an unparrallelled atmosphere of learning and youth, which brings with it all of the associated setts of great sports facilities, entertainment and nightlife.