Everyone in for a swim!
We spent this evening at Garrettstown Beach. Wow, what a day. First time swimming in the sea in several years. IT WAS COLD! I’d forgotten just how cold the Atlantic can be. Aperture ƒ/10 Camera Canon...
View ArticleAlex, Cork Tugboat
ALEX is the name of a tugboat that operates in Cork Harbour. This photo was actually taken back in 2006 but I found a more recent shot of it as well as a mention on the Port of Cork website. ALEX On...
View ArticleThe Bandon Road Roundabout, pre-flyover
The flyover over the Bandon Road Roundabout in Bishopstown is completed (or so I’ve read, I haven’t driven over it yet) but here’s what it looked like 2006, well before any work was done. The...
View ArticleThis will change everything
“This will change everything he thought”. Err, no. It won’t. Billboards like this sprang up near the Elysian in Cork in 2007 and later as construction of that building continued. Well. It didn’t...
View ArticleMission 400
A street in San Francisco, 2006. Related Posts La le Phadraig ar Sraid PhadraigMission 400 originally appeared on In Photos dot Org.
View ArticleThe Grand Parade Cannon
This unusual lump of metal sticking out of the pavement on the Grand Parade could be the oldest street furniture in the city. I had forgotten I had posted this photo way back in 2007 but I prefer this...
View ArticleObey God
Obey God, because snap Aperture ƒ/8 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 10mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 4s Related Posts No related postsObey God originally appeared on In Photos dot Org.
View ArticleHouse on Lower Glanmire Road, Cork
A derelict house on the Lower Glanmire Road in Cork as it existed in 2004, almost ten years ago. Now there’s a bridge across the road nearby obscuring this view and the house is boarded up. Related...
View ArticleThe Grand Parade in 2003
I’ve recently taken a keener interest in older photos of Cork but the realisation that I have photos in my own archive that are “sort-of old” has dawned slowly on me. Here’s a shot of The Grand Parade...
View ArticleGround Level by Bishop Lucey Park
The Grand Parade in Cork was quite different 11 years ago. Outside Bishop Lucey Park was an uneven path, the centre of the street was a narrow section between two busy strips of tarmac. And of course...
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