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Blarney on a sunny winter day This is the centre of Blarney village. It's a lovely large green, enclosed on all sides by walls and with gates on the north and south sides. Just goes to show, it's not always raining in Ireland!

Rooftop Surveillance The houses and roofs of the North Side, Cork City. This was taken from Carroll's Quay carpark almost a month ago. I love the old-style quality of the image, even if the shadow of the dish at the bottom detracts from that a bit. Check out Stabarinde's Christmas in Cork shots. I'm glad...

The Blarney Cat Next time you're in Blarney sit down on the benches next to Super Valu. Wait a few minutes and this cat will probably appear, especially in warm weather! :)

Christmas decorations on high Christmas decorations on Paul Street, Cork a few days before Christmas Day last year. Hand held, and I hoped to get a "normal" straight shot but it's hard to crouch down while wearing a jacket and pushing a buggy so it's lopsided. I prefer it that way! Conversion to b/w I...

Susan's Fine Silver During the Christmas rush I went searching for gifts for my wife and the first place I went was Susan's Fine Silver on Marlboro Street in Cork. This is Susan's husband Barry, and that's Michael replacing merchandise in the window. Both were very helpful and I got two lovely gifts for Jacinta....

Firemen in action Cork City Fire Brigade were called out this evening to a shop on Patrick Street. I'm not sure what the emergency was but two fire engines were called to the scene and had a Garda escort on the way there. Maybe a gas leak? A huge crowd gathered around and when some...

The road to Blarney Castle This is the private road to the estate on which Blarney Castle sits. As I was walking about one late winter afternoon I spotted the lovely light shining through the trees and just had to take a snap!

January Sales The Christmas rush is over. Sales have been bad for retailers as people suddenly realised, "Oh! The mortgage has to be paid!" Anyway, I'm half-hoping I'll be able to pick up a Nintendo Wii somewhere. I don't suppose they'll be on sale will they? I celebrate 10 years online this year! Go me!...

Highrise Construction Over Cork City Cranes still rise into the air, towering over everything else, even the Elysian Tower pictured on the right of this image. The Irish economy may be slowing down but there's still plenty of life in the old dog yet! Happy new year! May 2008 be even better than 2007!

The Sun sets on 2007 The final day of the year 2007. It's cloudy and misty and rain is in the air. Very mild for this time of year actually. 2007 was a mixed bag for many people. It was a year of extremes - joy and sadness in equal measures, but life changing for...

Starlight headlights A long five second exposure at f/22 captured cars stuck on Patrick Street about a month ago. They've done some fabulous work on the pavements of Cork's main thoroughfare but it hasn't made a jot of difference to vehicular traffic, except to make it more dangerous to pedestrians as they saunter across junctions...

So many light trails Light trails from passing cars fill the frame with a golden glow on the corner of The Grand Parade and Washington Street, Cork. Long exposure shot made possible by the traffic light switch on which I rested my camera!