The Clarion Hotel and the Boardwalk on the River Lee, Cork. March 2008.

A field in Bantry, County Cork. Way up in the hills surrounding the town.

Two Flo Gas gas cylinders sit inside the office of a derelict garage near Blarney.

An Alpaca stared intently at me while he munched on some straw in Blarney on Saturday.

The single solitary donkey huddled among the Alpacas yesterday in Blarney.

Several Alpacas were in Blarney earlier as part of a Bothar promotion to encourage people to support them. The animals, including one donkey, were a big hit with the kids. I only had my 50mm lens with me so no wide angle shots, but I did get a couple of nice ones.

Not so long ago these metal edifices defined the skyline in Cork and other Irish cities. They’re all gone in Cork now, but there’s still one left in Killarney, County Kerry. I hear tourists are taking photos of them now..

Heineken. ’nuff said!

I never noticed this sign for a dental laboratory on Castle Street before. Maybe it’s the large gaping hole in the streetscape next to it that caught my eye? It must be a really old sign, that phone number had a “4” prefix added to it many years ago.

A long unused, derelict and run down red brick building on the Old Youghal Road. This was shot last September, first time I’d been up around this area in a few years. Nothing much had changed in all those years.

Academy Street, as it was back in August this year. Construction work has finished since. I wonder if it’ll ever start up again?

Water laps the shore at Fountainstown Beach on a crisp September evening.