Context: The city's charter was granted by Prince John, as Lord of Ireland, in 1185. The city was once fully walled, and some wall sections and gates remain today. For much of the Middle Ages, Cork city was an outpost of Old English culture in the midst of a predominantly hostile Gaelic countryside and cut off from the English government in the Pale around Dublin. Neighbouring Gaelic and Hiberno-Norman lords extorted "Black Rent" from the citizens to keep them from attacking the city. The present extent of the city has exceeded the medieval boundaries of the Barony of Cork City; it now takes in much of the neighbouring Barony of Cork. Together, these baronies are located between the Barony of Barrymore to the east, Muskerry East to the west and Kerrycurrihy to the south.

Question: Who granted Cork's charter?
Answer: Prince John

Question: What kind of protection did Cork have?
Answer: fully walled

Question: What parts of Cork's defense remain today?
Answer: some wall sections and gates

Question: What would citizens of Cork pay to neighboring lords in order to prevent them from attacking their city?
Answer: Black Rent

Question: Where is the present city of Cork located geographically?
Answer: between the Barony of Barrymore to the east, Muskerry East to the west and Kerrycurrihy to the south

Question: What was Prince John Lord of in the 11th century?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who granted Cork's charter in the 11th century?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When was Cork a Gaelic outpost?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who payed "Black Rent" to the citizens of Cork?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What kind of protection did the hostile Gaelic countryside have?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who granted the Barony of Barrymore's charter?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What parts of Barony of Barrymore still remain today?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What were citizens expected to pay to Prince John since he was Lord of Ireland?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Where is Dublin located?
Answer: Unanswerable