Entries in the ' Cork ' category

More of the mobile generation

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Couple of local lads pictured in front of the Savoy, Patrick’s Street, Cork.

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Shot on Patrick Street, Cork a few weeks back.

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Written January 18, 2006 in Blarney, Cork, Lights, Night, Photos, Urban

This is the Maxol Petrol Station in Blarney. This is a long exposure shot and I just managed to get the Cork-Blarney bus in the frame!

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Carey’s Lane leads off Patrick Street in Cork to Paul Street and the large Tesco shopping center there. In by-gone days it was part of the Huguenot Quarter of the city.

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Shot on Patrick Street, Cork about a week ago. I was crossing the street when I spotted two girls engrossed in a mobile phone.
This is a tightly cropped section of the image which was originally shot from the hip in portrait mode.
The Oasis clothes shop is in the background, and HMV can be seen in the reflection of the window.
See the bag in that guy’s hand? It’s from the “Digital Camera” shop :)

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At one of the butchers in the English Market a week ago. This butcher sells great honey collected from bees in Co. Cork! I spotted the joint of meat on the counter as I was leaving.

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Patrick Street last weekend. I think it’s an Argus Argos catalogue he’s reading.

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Written January 13, 2006 in Cobh, Night, Photos, River, Sky, Sun

Pictured last Sunday evening as the sun set over Cork Harbour.

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Written January 12, 2006 in Abstract, Blarney, Lights, Links, Night, Photos, Signs, Urban, Vehicles

The signs in Blarney always point towards a B&B!
This bunch of signs do anyway. Right at the end of Station Road there’s a pole with signs to about a dozen B&Bs! If you ever need somewhere to stay in Blarney you shouldn’t have trouble finding accomodation!

Link of the Day

If you haven’t read any of the The Digital Journalist yet then the January issue is a good place to start! I found dispatches for Iraq and Bolivia rivetting and scary and exciting.
In a compeltely different way, Bill Pierce’s memories of the late Michael Evans will stir your heart. He did a great job writing about his friend.

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