We’re just back from Blairs Inn in Cloghroe. I can definitely recommend that establishment.
I don’t know about this place. To judge by the mail on the ground inside the door I’d say it’s shut for the winter.
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The Blarney Stone Restaurant
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Mackey’s in Blarney
Mackey’s is a restaurant in Blarney which I have yet to visit. To be honest, I haven’t been to most of the establishments around here and don’t expect to call to this one any time soon. Their prices are just a little expensive.
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Running Through Rain
We were sitting in the car waiting to pick up someone off the bus when it started raining. Suddenly, this girl ran flying past with a big gleeful smile on her face! Unfortunately, she turned her head to look back at her parents just as she passed!
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Eating or Politics?
Sometimes it’s the little things in life that concern us more than the big picture.
I’m sure I heard about Sean Garland on the news but for the life of me, I can’t remember when. There’s a lot more information on him on seangarland.org and Wikipedia.
Aperture ƒ/7.1 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 200mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/200s -
The Gardener’s House
A house in Blarney we spotted while out walking the other day.
Aperture ƒ/5.6 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 18mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/80s -
Faces in the crowd
This is not just a trick of the zoom lens. The crowds in town on Saturday were like those around Christmas. Christmas lights are already up, but not lit, and there was an urgent air about the place.
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Remembering Cork
The corner of Patrick’s Quay and Patrick’s Bridge in the 1930s and 2005. I barely remember Merchants Quay as a street lined with old 3 storey houses before the large shopping complex was built there and opened in 1989.
1930s picture taken by Robert Day, copyright Amy and Chris Ramsden, taken from the book “Forgotten Cork”. ISBN 1-903464-56-0 -
Waving at you!
He was holding a promotional sign in the middle of Patrick Street so I don’t feel too bad about looking over his shoulder and snapping this shot!
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Man in the hat
While in Wilton Shopping Center after having my eye looked at I spotted the man in the hat talking to an elderly woman. I only had my Panasonic FZ5 with me but it’s got a good zoom and a great image stabilizer!
He broke out into a big grin moments after I took this shot!Aperture ƒ/3.3 Camera DMC-FZ5 Focal length 72mm ISO 80 Shutter speed 1/30s -
Patrick Street Lights
Car lights become abstract lasers of light along the main street of Cork City.
In unrelated news, this morning I had to go to the hospital because something got stuck underneath the eyelid of my left eye yesterday. I could feel it there, my eye was weeping, it was sore and annoying. Thankfully I got to see a doctor after only a wait of an hour or two. He quickly removed the foreign material and sent me packing with a prescription for eye drops which I have to take for 5 days. Yes, I took a camera, and got a great snap of an older gentleman at the local shopping center which I must post tomorrow when I have time. Now to catch up on work..
Parked Bikes (2006)
Panoramic Traffic Lights (2007)- The new Bibble Labs 4.9.5 is out with support for
Traffic by the Elysian (2008)
Lounge (2009)
Streets of Cork (2016)
Will this do? (2017)
Incredulous (2018)
Who’d love some winter sun? (2021)
The hurler and the buses (2022)
JD Sports Coming Soon! (2025)