These four buildings on North Main Street, Cork, are an eyesore. Thankfully they have been the subject of a compulsory purchase order by the local council so hopefully they will be saved and developed. Please follow Frank O’Connor on Twitter where he tweets about #derelictIreland.
The building that now houses Golden Discs on Patrick’ Street in Cork used to be the Pavilion Cinema. If you look closely at the top of the building you can see the faded lettering of that establishment.
The sun rises slowly over the horizon almost exactly 4 years ago in March 2018.
A red Vespa parked on St. Patrick Street in August 2019.
Despite the cold temperature there were lots of people surfing at Garrettstown Beach today!
Near the Inniscarra Dam on the River Lee I went walking one afternoon in March 2005. Apart from the gorgeous scenery and the rolling hills and lovely fluffy clouds of a bright day I spotted two cars dumped in a field. The Ford Escort license plate was “70 NZB” but I couldn’t see the other…
Just some of the boats you’ll see in Cobh, Co Cork. January 2020.
The North Side of Cork looks over the train station and the docklands.
Blarney Castle in pseudo infra red as I don’t have an infra red capable camera but I like the effect. September 2021.
The view from my car on a wet, snowy morning outside Wilton Shopping Centre a few days ago. The snow didn’t settle thankfully but it was cold!
One of the nice things about having your own blog is that you can say something that would get your message filtered on Twitter on Facebook for the profanity, so here goes. Fuck Putin. Fuck him and the horse he rides in on and his smug face and for everything bad he’s done to Ukraine,…
Santa rode through Cork City in 2003 as part of the annual Cork Toy Run that goes through the city. The last one was last year when they collected thousands of Euro for Children’s Leukaemia Association and Barnardos.