Luxury liner The World visited Cobh today.
The unusual thing about this liner is you can buy a residence on board and live on the ship!
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the world at Cobh
Monday, August 9th, 2010calves week in Schull
Thursday, August 5th, 2010I took a couple of days off this week to visit Schull. Good food, wine, company and weather.
The village was jammed for Calves Week.
valentia harbour
Monday, August 2nd, 2010I took a road trip to Cahersiveen and the Ring of Kerry yesterday. Beautiful weather and countryside.
Patricks Bridge by night
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010strolling through town last night after a very tasty bite to eat in the Bodega.
new bazaar at lapps quay in cork city
Saturday, July 17th, 2010the new bazaar at Lapps Quay kicked off today.
it started off small, but it’s a great location for a market. you have the food and coffee stalls right beside it, as well as the river and the Boardwalk bar and Clarion behind it. there was a great atmosphere this afternoon.
It’s great to see more life coming to Cork city – well done to all the organisers and I hope it grows from here!
clippers arrive in Cork City
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010I went out on my friends yacht today to join the clippers on their journey up river from outside Cork Harbour.
We met the clippers a couple of miles off Roches Point and followed them all the way upriver.
The first landmark – Roches Point lighthouse. Clippers Cork and Jamaica passing Roches point:
Some milling around outside Sipke Island followed as the clippers were too early to head upriver.
Passing Blackrock Castle:
Passing Pairc Ui Chaoimh (not visible)
Clipper Cork arrives in Cork:
The festival on the quays in Cork awaiting the clippers:
Finally the crew got to relax, enjoy the parade and enjoy the Cork hospitality!
more photos here
just for fun
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010I saw this cloud formation in Cork City Monday and I thought it looked funny.
saerch and rescue demonstration in Cobh
Sunday, June 20th, 2010I went down to Cobh yesterday to see a major search and rescue demonstration. The Naval Service, Air Corps, Coastgard, RNLI, Gardai, Fire Brigade, MART, Port of Cork, lots of volunteers and more put on a fantastic show. They demonstrated some of the many possible ways people can get into trouble on the water (and even on land) – everything from kyaking and jetskiers ending up in the water, to fishing vessels going on fire. The Coastguard helicopters and the Air Corps Casa did several fly bys, with the Casa dropping a life raft on one pass. I took lots of photographs and videos. Enjoy!
My thanks to everyone involved for a brilliant demonstration.
party time on patrick street for cork midsummer festival
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Now this is what I always expected to see on Patrick St since the redesign!
At last:
spwc street performance world champs in cork city this weekend
Sunday, June 13th, 2010This weekend saw the Street Performance World Championship in Cork City.
I popped along for a short while on the Sunday. It’s a free event and there are a number of stages set up, with
food stalls and various other entertainments on offer. It was fantastic – lots to see and do, and all free!
Kudos to all involved in it – I’m looking forward to next year already.
