If you’ve been out to Sheep’s Head in Co Cork in the last year you may have come across this beautiful, friendly cat near the car park. I presume she lives in a nearby house. She had no problem with us stroking her and making friends with her but here she was warily watching some…

A red Vespa motorcycle in front of the GPO in Cork last Saturday.

Some photos from the Irish Water protest in Cork last Saturday. A huge crowd gathered and braved the bitter wind and rain and snow to march through the city.

Winthrop Street, Cork.

The statue of Fr Mathew on St Patrick Street stands still as cars, people and a bus move all around.

The golden sand of Fountainstown beach in County Cork.

Snow fell last night in Ireland and everything came to a halt as people all over the country gasped in wonder at the strange white stuff on the ground. Thankfully it looks like it won’t last. We’re not equipped to deal with this sort of weather at all! Blarney Castle opened later than usual but…

Crows sitting through the snow falling in Blarney a few minutes ago.

If you go down to Blarney Castle now you’ll see 30,000 daffodils blooming in the beautiful gardens there. In my last post I joked that the daffodils were confused but it’s a plant that flowers early and tolerates the cold so it’s perfect for this time of year. Be sure to check out Ferbal O’Callaghan’s…

There are some confused daffodils in Blarney Castle this year, out in January! I hope the rest of January is mild enough for them. I posted a similar photo on Instagram a few hours ago, just in case you’re getting a strange sense of déjà vu.

John Finn’s superb photo of this grain silo that he posted today on Facebook (unfortunately you’ll need to be friends with him to see it) prompted me to dig up this photo of the same building from my output queue. It was shot in 2014 when we went exploring the docklands one afternoon and I…

The Berwick Fountain, Grand Parade, Cork. November 2014.