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A Dog’s Boating Adventure

This little doggy was out with his family on the water off Sheep’s Head last July. It looked like they had lots of fun!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	240mm
ISO	160
Shutter speed	1/250s

The Hi-B: Cork’s Phone-Free Pub Experience

Right, so this is the Hi-B (short for Hibernian Bar), and it’s become genuinely famous for one simple rule: no mobile phones allowed inside. That glowing red and gold Art Deco-style entrance practically screams “we’re doing things our own way,” and the “est 1791” proudly displayed tells you this pub has survived long enough to have opinions about modern technology.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	16mm
ISO	6400
Shutter speed	1/500s

The Jazz Festival Parade

Brass band musicians marching down a Cork street during Jazz Festival parade at dusk, with trumpet player in beanie and puffer jacket in foreground, spectators watching from shop doorways, and someone filming on mobile phone visible in the right foreground, with turquoise evening sky above.

Lamarotte brass band performing on Patrick Street during Cork Jazz Festival parade at dusk, with massive sousaphone bell dominating the frame, drummer visible on left, surrounded by large crowd of spectators outside Guineys and Penneys stores under evening sky.

Brass band musicians performing on Patrick Street in Cork during the Jazz Festival parade at night, with trombonists and saxophonists in casual clothing playing energetically outside Gino's Italian restaurant and Cherish jewellers, with crowd of spectators visible in the background.

I did not know that there would be a small parade of brass bands down Oliver Plunkett Street until my wife was told about it an hour before!

It was just after sunset and dark and getting cold but there was huge excitement as the crowd followed the musicians down the street.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	16mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/320s

TBL8 Brass Perform in Cork

TBL8 Brass Band playing in Cork earlier this evening. They were so good. Blasting out the hits!

TBL8 Brass band performing on Oliver Plunkett Street in Cork during the Jazz Festival, with frontman on a megaphone in white clothing, surrounded by brass section and horn players in black, with red mobile phone shop and Christmas lights visible in the background at dusk.

Wide-angle low perspective shot of TBL8 Brass band performing on Oliver Plunkett Street during Cork Jazz Festival, showing the full brass section spread across the pedestrianised street with Georgian buildings, shop fronts, and Christmas lights in the background at dusk.

Two saxophone players from TBL8 Brass performing on Oliver Plunkett Street during Cork Jazz Festival with drummer and bassist visible in background, shoppers and spectators watching from the pedestrianised street at dusk with Christmas lights illuminating shop windows.

TBL8 Brass frontman energetically performing with megaphone on Oliver Plunkett Street during Cork Jazz Festival with a young girl in pink standing beside him, surrounded by large crowd of festival-goers and band members at dusk.

TBL8 Brass frontman performing passionately with megaphone on Oliver Plunkett Street during Cork Jazz Festival at dusk, with band members and large crowd of spectators visible behind him, including families and children, with illuminated shop windows in the background.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	16mm
ISO	250
Shutter speed	1/500s

Sale at Brown Thomas

The January sales in Brown Thomas attract many but the shop is a good place to meet someone as I presume this gentleman was, back in 2016.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	105mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/250s

When the Lee Became a Mirror

The Banks of the Lee were quite different by the Peace Park in 2004. Trees and shrubs obscured the river from the small park. It looks so different now.

Aperture	ƒ/4.5
Camera	CYBERSHOT
Focal length	11mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/500s

Punk Legends at Cyprus Avenue

The Undertones performing on stage at Cyprus Avenue with dramatic red and white stage lighting, the lead singer centre stage with arm raised holding a microphone, flanked by a guitarist on the left and bassist on the right, with drummer visible in the background and audience silhouettes in the foreground.

I shared a couple of photos of The Undertones last year but since they’re coming back to Cork next year and tickets just became available I decided to go look through the shots from that night again. They are fantastic, and I’m looking forward to seeing them again when they visit Cork.

The atmosphere in Cyprus Avenue is electric, and the lighting is so atmospheric and dazzling. Great venue for a gig.

The Undertones formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1974 and became one of the most important bands to emerge from the late 1970s punk movement. Their debut single “Teenage Kicks” (1978) was famously championed by legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who called it his favourite song of all time and requested it be played at his funeral (it was). What makes The Undertones particularly notable is that they emerged from Derry during the height of the Troubles, yet their music deliberately avoided political themes, instead focusing on universal teenage experiences like romance, frustration, and growing up. This made them hugely influential in showing that Northern Irish bands didn’t have to be defined by the conflict. The band’s current lineup still features four of the five original members, though original lead singer Feargal Sharkey left in 1983. They reformed in 1999 with new vocalist Paul McLoone and have been touring consistently since, proving that great punk rock ages remarkably well!

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	75mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/160s

Cork in Miniature

I love this mural showing various sights around Cork City. It’s just off Paul Street and well worth a look. The artist, Garreth Joyce, painted it in 2023.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/125s

What is Home?

The mural, “What is Home?” by the artist Asbestos, at the end of South Main Street, in Cork. As seen through the ring of a nearby life buoy hanging on a pole.

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/640s

The Capital of Culchies

Twenty years ago Emmett Place in Cork was full of skateboarders jumping over ramps and very very close to a couple of photographers like me. I got some nice shots of them that have appeared here over the years but I missed this one, somehow!

Twenty years ago. Cork in 2005. I wonder where they are now?

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/80s

Kinsale in Full Bloom

Kinsale’s tidy towns group must work overtime and they do a fantastic job of keeping the town tidy and colourful. These flowers were in a small boat at the end of the quay and make the area look so pretty.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	24mm
ISO	500
Shutter speed	1/125s

Horse Riding by the Surf

A horse and rider just after coming out of the water. They’d been wading through the water out further. Good exercise for the horse.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7RM5
Focal length	178mm
ISO	160
Shutter speed	1/400s