Pics of Cork City Ireland

[TheTeaCat]

I was going through an old disk checking to see what was on it and came across some old pics I'd taken
They were ones I had taken a long time ago and the quality not all that great but I thought I'd share them with you.
They are all of Cork City which was only 5 miles from where I grew up and I know it like the back of my hand
So stick the kettle on, have a cuppa and enjoy this little show

Patrick Street in olden days

Some pics taken with a very old digital cam. one of the first I ever got. This is the result at about its best resolution way back when......


AIB Bank

Artistic shop fronts

Brown Thomas Store formerly Cashes

Gallagher's Pub

GrandParade

Mc Curtain Street

                                                Patrick Street

PatricksBridge

PaulsStreet

Roches Stores

UlsterBank

St. Mary's Church

St. Mary's Statue

But I also found some great shots taken not so long ago and thought I show those just so you can see the difference and the development that has taken place
Pics copyright of  Padraig Cronin


Beamish &Crawford Brewery


Bishop Lucey Park


Christy Ring Bridge


City of Culture 2005 info


Cork Courthouse


Cork Opera House


One of the entrances to The English Market




Inside the English Market


Father Mathew


Holy Trinity Church


Patrick Street


Patricks Bridge


View from top of Patricks Hill


Looking up the hill (yes it is that steep)


Looking west from Patricks Bridge


Looking east from Patricks Bridge


Shandon in the distance


St. Finbarr's Cathedral


Wording outside the Cathedral


St Peter & Paul's Church


Memorial to the 1798 Rebellion


And a few other pics


Cork City Hall

Lovely night lighting of the City Hall



President Kennedy in Cork during his visit in 1963. One of Cork's more famous visitor's


Hope you all enjoyed your little trip to Cork in the Emerald Isle



TTC

[BarbyW]

Thanks, TTC. That took me back to the visits I made there when I was working for RSA in Ireland. Cork is a vibrant and lovely city with lots of sessions in the different bars. I took my bodhran - and no I don't play it with a knife - the second and subsequent visit and had some excellent sessions. I was also extremely envious of the English Market as we had nothing like that in Co Mayo.
Thanks again.

[TheTeaCat]

My Pleasure Barby.

A bodhran player too  many hidden talents you have and I'm so glad you don't play with a knife

Yes the English Market is just a wonderful collection of sights, sounds and smells. There is always so much going on there and you can get to sample the produce before you buy. If you do it right you can have lunch for free

Its one of my favourite places in Cork and hope that the developers never manage to get their grubby hands on the site.
It would be a sad day to see such a vital part of Cork lost.

Glad I brought back some good memories

regards
Derry

[RickD]

Interesting pictures. I have been to Cork during my Ireland roundtrip together with my brother. Actually we did not get into the city, though.  We stayed in a hotel outside of the center and preferred to make trips to the coast as we only had two days. But I am planning to do another trip to Ireland with my girlfriend. I must see Cork then.

[joelyboy911]

I was in Cork, with my family, about 6 months ago. Unfortunately what I remember most of it is waiting in the terminal at Heathrow, just off the twelve hour Air New Zealand from Los Angeles, waiting for fog to lift so our Aer Lingus could get off the ground. We stayed at a lovely hotel out of the city (like RickD) and sort of bypassed it to see things in the surrounding area. From your pictures it looks like we should have given it more time. We really did a whistle stop of lots of places in Ireland and the UK, not really spending enough time in each, before shooting off through the Chunnel to Paris then Bordeaux and on to Madrid and Lisbon. I really liked Ireland as a country, as it and Scotland made me feel like I was home (my pigmentation would give you the strong sense that I am of Scottish/Celtic extraction). Driving in our little rented car around Dingle was really great and I thought that Dublin was another lovely city. I can't wait to get back to the British Isles.

The whole trip was what got me going back into SimCity for some reason.

[JBSimio]

Some great pictures in here, Derry!  I glanced at these the other day, but now that I've had the chance to look a bit more closely I think you've just given me a couple new ideas!  (Yeah... that's all I need!)  Thank you for sharing them here.

JB