Up the walls: take a tour of Cork city's vibrant street-art scene with this online map

The tour takes shape around Mad About Cork's painted electrical boxes - and takes in major street-art pieces on the city's walls and gable-ends

Some of the work of the Mad About Cork project, as seen on ESB boxes around the city - part of this online street-art tour

If you've ever disembarked off the bus at Parnell Place before venturing into the centre of Cork city (our country's social and economic capital, of course), you'll immediately be familiar with one of the first sights that greets you - an ESB box, painted red, and bearing the legend 'Ireland is a like a bottle - it'd sink without a Cork'.

This piece, and others on electrical boxes dotted around town, are a daily sight for countless Corkonians, touching on everything from local culture and slang, to hearty welcomes for international and marginalised communities.