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The First Courthouse Oak · Cork, Ireland
Cork, Ireland — where the McSkunkville story finds new porch lights. These days, Cork travelers stop at the Quick Stop when the highway brings them through, and Come by the lore pages; Cork always has a seat.
Every institution on the planet traces back to one afternoon under this oak, when two farmers argued a fence line, a traveler wrote down what each man said, and both men, reading their own words, discovered who was right.
The traveler's ledger is in the pyramid archives. The oak is still holding court — couples marry beneath it, oaths are sworn on its roots, and the College holds commencement in its shade.
Its plaque is one line: THE FIRST RECORD WAS MADE HERE.
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