Posts Tagged ‘st_patrick’

Fun on a monocycle

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 by Donncha

A performer climbs onto his during the St Patrick’s Festival 2006.
I love the second picture here. It shows just how crazy he was as he got the cheering and enthusing about his .

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Joe, the Devil and an Angel

Monday, March 27th, 2006 by Donncha

Joe was a simple man. He is like most of us haunted by his own devils but also protected by an by his side.
In this drama Joe was continually by the , but then he found a small bird lying dead on the ground. What will he do? Leave it there for someone to walk on or a car to roll over or bury it with some dignity?
Thankfully Joe’s gained the upper hand and with some ceremony Joe buried the poor bird in a nearby bin.

drama as part of the St Patrick’s Festival 2006 in .

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The French Soap Seller

Sunday, March 26th, 2006 by Donncha

One of the stalls at the St. Patrick’s Festival sold perfumed and other . This French gentleman owned the stall and cheerfully told us that he’d be travelling the country until his stock ran out, at which point he’d return home and have to do household chores for his wife!
I think he enjoyed life on the road.

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Cork St Patrick’s Festival Market

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 by Donncha

One side of Academy was taken up by a long line of stalls populated by an international host of sellers! There were biscuits and cakes from Brittany, and wooden toys from France, clothes and trinkets from Peru and lots more.

I took a few shots of this scene but I like this one because the famous of St. Anne’s Church, or Bells as it’s more commonly known is visible in the top right. Nobody could mistake it for anywhere but . That Barry’s Tea sign is a pretty big give away too of course!

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