The Lord Mayor’s Picnic in Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork was a roaring success today to judge by the number of parents and kids who congregated in the area. All the stalls did a healthy trade with lines 20 long for many hours. Here’s The Lord Mayor of Cork, Donal Counihan, as he walked about. The smoke [...]
2008Sun15Jun
Lord Mayor of Cork, Donal Counihan
Filed in Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Urban
2008Fri22Feb
Fitzgerald’s Park Bench
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Ireland, Look up, Nature, Photos, Sigma 18-200, TreesFitzgerald’s Park Bench A park bench in the lovely and picturesque Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork. Something awful happened. I went away with my family on a great weekend break on Friday and in the rush and stress I forgot to post some photos for the weekend. I’m catching up!
2007Sat18Aug
Fitzgerald’s Park Reflection
Filed in Architecture, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Ireland, Landscape, People, Photos, Reflections, Sigma 10-20, Trees, Urban, WaterFitgerald’s Park Reflection Clouds in the sky reflect off the water of the pond in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork.
2007Fri17Aug
The house in the bushes
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Flowers, Houses, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Trees, UrbanThe house in the bushes This is the side of the small gatehouse in Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork.
2007Mon13Aug
The Yellow Rose
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Flowers, Garden, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Rain, Sigma 10-20, Urban, WaterThe Yellow Rose A yellow rose in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork. I made this photo a few weeks back and it had just rained, leaving nice little droplets of water on the delicate petals of the flower.
2007Wed11Jul
Capoeira boys
Filed in Canon 20D, Capoeira, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanCapoeira boys It was the boy’s turn to fight after the girls sparred and these guys were brilliant! As you can see, great fun was had by all!
2007Tue10Jul
Capoeira Girls
Filed in Canon 20D, Capoeira, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Trees, UrbanCapoeira Girls Two girls show off their Capoeira moves in Fitzgerald’s Park accompanied by music played on the berimbau and atabaque. The fighting is very exciting to watch as participants leap from the ground, and seem to defy gravity on occasion! From the Wikipedia page on Capoeira: Capoeira is a Brazilian fight-dance, game, and martial [...]
2007Mon09Jul
Party in the park
Filed in Canon 20D, Capoeira, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanParty in the park The Capoeira Club on Douglas Street held a day out for the kids just over a week ago in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork. Unfortunately we arrived just as everything was wrapping up but I got a couple of shots off. There was a great party atmosphere. Parents were there with kids, [...]
2007Sun08Jul
Pink Flowers
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Flowers, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Urbanbritepic_id=”579156″; britepic_src=”http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1120/754078592_453ba2abc8_o.jpg”; britepic_keywords=”Canon%2020D,%20Cork,%20DOF,%20Fitzgerald%20Park,%20flora,%20Flowers,%20Ireland,%20irishblogs,%20Nature,%20park,%20Photos,%20pink,%20purple,%20Sigma%2010-20,%20Urban,%20violet,%20violet-flower”; britepic_show_ads=1; britepic_show_menu=1; britepic_href=”http%3A//inphotos.org/pink-flowers/”; britepic_caption=”Pink Flowers”; britepic_width=700; britepic_height=467; Pink flowers in Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork blaze with colour on a lovely Sunday afternoon. They’ve done a great job in the park where very nice layouts of flowers can be seen over by the museum. Presumably with the intention of avoiding the kids congregated at [...]
2007Tue02Jan
Mushrooms in the roots
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Sigma 10-20, TreesMushrooms in the roots Mushrooms grow from the roots of a tree in Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork. I just loved the colour and texture of the fungus, especially in the light of the sunset behind me.
