A bridge carries the Cork to Dublin train over a local road near Blarney.
Restricted Bridge
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Blarney, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20Abandoned Interior
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 40D, Houses, Ireland, Kerry, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Slea HeadThe interior of a cottage at the picturesque Brandon Creek on Slea Head, County Kerry. Outside there’s a planning permission notice, dated August 2008 and written in Irish. I presume the owner is no longer in a hurry to develop his property. All he wanted to do was replace the roof and add an extension.
The Lady of Opera Lane
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanSpot the lady?
69 Patrick Street
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanWaterstones on Saint Patrick Street in Cork. Also Game, Euro City and a derelict store once rented by one of the national banks here in Ireland.
Engine No. 36
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanEngine No. 36 on display in Ken Station in Cork. Here’s what the Wikipedia page on the train station has to say about it: An old locomotive is on permanent display in the concourse at Kent Station since 1950. “Engine No. 36″ dates from 1847 and is displayed in the booking hall. Originally built by [...]
River Nore, Kilkenny
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Ireland, Kilkenny, Photography, Photos, River, Sigma 10-20, Urban, WaterThe River Nore runs through the city of Kilkenny where we spent a weekend earlier this month at WordCamp Ireland. In the photo you can see the Rivercourt Hotel where I stayed with my family on the opposite bank the famous Kilkenny Castle. Beautiful city, well worth a visit.
1964 Morris Minor
Filed in Bantry, Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanA Morris Minor, registered in 1964, parked in Bantry town in County Cork. Pictured in September 2008 while on holiday there. After reading the Wikipedia page on the car this is probably a Minor 1000.
Balloons in Cork
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Daunt Square, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanA balloon seller on Daunt Square in September 2009, during one of our photowalks. A shopper takes her ease in the foreground.
Unhappy in Dublin
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Dublin, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanGrim faced people walking along O’Connell Street in Dublin a month ago.
False dawn of the city
Filed in Blarney, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanAs you may have already guessed, that’s not the dawn. It’s the lights of Cork City (and Blarney) shining and into the sky in a long exposure shot I made last August. I had meant to mention this sooner but 2 weeks ago I was shocked to hear about the death of Debbie Metrustry (@debbiemet), [...]