Category: Grand Parade

The Construction of The Grand Parade Cork

Post author By Donncha
Post date March 19, 2013
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Six years ago the Grand Parade in Cork was a major building site. I can’t remember how long construction lasted but it went on for quite some time as they tore up and changed the road layout, widened the pavements and generally made the street look a hundred times better than it was before!

I’ve also posted photos of the construction before, with some of these photos appearing in older posts:

Seven years. That’s a long time to be running a blog and still updating it. I’ve been running Holy Shmoly! even longer but this blog is full of the photographic memories of a city and life over that period.
Most of the time taking photographs is a trade off between being there and looking through a lens. If you’re a photographer you’ll know the feeling. You may have attended a significant event but all you’ll remember was the pain of shooting at high ISO in bad light. When I can dig up old photos for a post like this it makes me glad I took my camera that day into town and snapped a few photos!

Aperture	ƒ/13
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	20mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/160s

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Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter on The Grand Parade, Cork during the month of December, 2012.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	21mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/60s

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No Alcohol

No drinking on the street. This reminds me of an incident several years ago when I was in town with a group of friends on a Saturday night. This was before I started drinking, and my friends bought cans of beer in an off-license.
The guy behind the counter warned them the Guards were about watching for people drinking alcoholic beverages in public and they seemed to heed his warning until they got across the road and popped open their cans.

Sure enough, within 2 minutes a Garda was there! He took their names and addresses, and asked them to stop drinking, and of course gave them an awful fright. I followed a chastened group of lads to the pub. Don’t even know why they wanted to drink outside as the pub was just around the corner. Could have been the “poor student” in each of them trying to save money.

Not drinking was great of course. Cost me all of about 6 or 7 quid on a night out, and I could drive home too!

Aperture	ƒ/5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	48mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/1000s

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The National Monument

The National Monument, Grand Parade Cork was erected in 1906 to commemorate those who died in uprisings against the British in 1867 and 1798.

It’s one of the few parts of the Grand Parade that hasn’t changed much despite all the redevelopment of the city.

Aperture	ƒ/10
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/250s

Tags Architecture, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Grand Parade, history, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, national monument, Street Photography, Urban

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Looking for a parking space

Post author By Donncha
Post date July 30, 2008
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You’re in town and desperately looking for a parking place. Where do you go? All the on-street parking has either been removed because of road works or taken by everyone who went shopping at 9am. Just look up. There’s a multi storey carpark somewhere near you. Probably.

Front of the car park on The Grand Parade. Shot after I said goodbye to Phil and the others a few weeks ago.

Aperture	ƒ/13
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/400s

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Rainbow Umbrella

A child opens a rainbow coloured umbrella outside Cork City Library last Saturday. Rain threatened most of the day so it was a good idea to have an umbrella with you, just in case.

Phil is blogging the photos he took, and posted about his trip to Cork too.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/500s

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Musical Sunglasses

A brass band played in front of Cork City Library today and I made this shot while waiting with Phil and his brother Christopher for Damien to appear.

We didn’t make it to Robodock in the end. I was busy and exhausted with a sick baby all morning and I think I’m lucky I managed to get into town at all! Nice to meet up with everyone, including Donal later on in The Newport.

Baby Adam is feeling much better after a lot of care and nursing. Doctor says he’ll be right as rain (and we get enough of that these days!) by Monday. Phew. Poor fella is really suffering.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	200mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/125s

Tags Black and White, brass band, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork City Library, Cork Photos, Grand Parade, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Music, musical, People, Photo, Sigma 18-200, Street Photography, sunglasses, Urban

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Honda 70

At first glance I thought this was a Honda 50 but closer inspection of the sticker reveals a “70”. There is more text that could be COB but if the Wikipedia page on the bike is right, it was probaby “CD” on it before it was ripped.

Shot on the Grand Parade, right next to the construction work in front of the library!

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/80s

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So many light trails

Light trails from passing cars fill the frame with a golden glow on the corner of The Grand Parade and Washington Street, Cork.

Long exposure shot made possible by the traffic light switch on which I rested my camera!

Aperture	ƒ/22
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	13s

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Evening sky over Cork City

Post author By Donncha
Post date December 17, 2007
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Evening sky over Cork City

Darkness descends on the City of Cork and the lights of the Grand Parade spill from the windows. In the background is St. Finbarr’s Cathedral and the rest of the urban environment heading out west.

This image is quite similar to another Grand Parade shot from about a month ago. This one isn’t quite as wide, and was created from one RAW image, shot after the sun had gone down.

Like yesterday’s shot of the landmarks this was also taken at the top of the Grand Parade car park!

Tags Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Grand Parade, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Landscape, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photo, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Sun, Urban

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The lights at Finn’s Corner

Post author By Donncha
Post date December 13, 2007
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The lights at Finn’s Corner

A long exposure at f/22 creates the beautiful star like pinpoints of light and enough time to capture the light trail from passing cars.

No tripod, so I used street furniture to balance the camera!

Aperture	ƒ/22
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	5s

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How to buy jewellery gifts for Christmas

Post author By Donncha
Post date December 8, 2007
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How to buy jewellery gifts for Christmas

When shopping for jewellery gifts it’s important to note the following steps to make your life easier.

Make sure you start early. It’s already too late. Better luck next year. This lady started her shopping on November 10th!
Examine the shop window in meticulous detail. Bring a magnifying glass.
Drag an unfortunate shop assistant out into the cold, wind and wet to show him which item you want to buy, before changing your mind and looking at something else.

Don’t worry about price. The piece you like will always be the most expensive.

Pictured is the premises of Hilser Bros Jewllers on the Grand Parade, Cork.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/200s