Boolaboom at the GPO
Boolaboom, a “super-sized brass and percussion big-band” played on Oliver Plunkett Street, in front of the GPO and they were great!
The Service at An Brog
We saw The Service play in An Bróg last night and they were as good as they’ve always been. Best moment was, ‘For anyone under, uh, 50, THIS IS SKA!’ I’ll admit I didn’t know Madness were a ska band. My wife introduced me to the wider world of that genre of music!
In a shop window
Two members of staff set up a window display in a shop in Cork.
It’s better to be seen
A worker on a busy road in Edinburgh, Scotland. It’s a busy road, so it’s a good thing he’s conspicuous!
Traffic and housing
The centre of Cork City will become a traffic free zone this Saturday for a few hours. The area visible in the photo above will still have cars in it, but it’ll be interesting to see what effect this will have on the day. Visible in the background, of course, is “What is home?” by…
Justice
The word JUSTICE painted on the side of the hoarding surrounding the derelict site on Sullivan’s Quay in Cork seems appropriate. So many homeless in the city, and this huge area is still a heap of rubble in the middle of the city. Not that whatever gets built there will help the homeless. It was…
Fire Assembly Point A
The old mixed with the new. Behind the old Customs House in Cork City.
A Street Performance for the kids
At the end of August, North Main Street closed to traffic as a carnival was held there. A huge crowd of adults and children descended on the street and the place was buzzing. 🙂 I wonder if this could be the same man I photographed on a unicycle in 2006?
A Path Through The Dunes
Grass is blown, and clouds are whisked through the air by winds that blow on to the beach at Long Strand, Co Cork.
A Panoramic Sunrise
The good weather is well and truly gone now, so here’s a sunrise from a few days ago to remind you what the sky above the grey clouds and rain looks like. 🙂
Reading the Newspaper
A long time before smart phones were invented, most people read newspapers. Here’s a man reading such a paper device, back in July 2004, in Galway. Anyone recognise what broadsheet he was reading?
The Adventures of an Ice cream fridge
A fridge is removed from a corner shop on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork. The shop itself is now empty, but I’m sure it won’t be long until a phone shop or vape shop opens there.